Lazy story writing and more plot-holes than an average movie experience. I just don't see anything bold about this story.

Lets see bad guys have new tech that has a single weakpoint? Check

Death Star related weapon? Check

New Heroes in safety bubble while everyone around them dies? Check

Cute aliens to sell toys? Check

Hoth like battle on sand instead of snow? Check

Space chase like episode 5... well not as exciting but Check

Ok now explain bombs that fall in space. Leia surviving space long enough to force pull back to the cruiser. Dj learning about the shuttles. Rose being portrayed as a strong female character, yet throws the survival of the resistance away for a fangirl love of Finn. Phasma was a complete waste. I enjoyed three moments in the film if I am being honest and the person next to me fell asleep in the middle and started snoring. When the movie ended no one clapped we all just sat there thinking WTF did we just watch.

I've read articles saying the THE LAST JEDI is being rejected by fans because the fan theories all turned out to be incorrect. That's wrong. THE LAST JEDI is being rejected because it didn't deal with any of the questions that THE FORCE AWAKENS spent so much time asking. Who are Rey's parents? It doesn't matter. Who is Snoke? Shrug. We're going to save Luke Skywalker until the last few seconds. Why? So he can spend almost the entirety of the next movie doing absolutely nothing.

Mark Hamill has said in interviews that he disagreed with Rian Johnson's take on Luke Skywalker, and THE LAST JEDI reveals that Hamill was spot on. Luke's reasoning in the film makes no sense. Even if he doesn't want to train any more Jedi, he should still want to stop the First Order and help his sister. One thing has nothing to do with the other. That Han Solo's death doesn't even motivate him is a betrayal of the original trilogy and everything those characters went through. If you're going to make a movie about Luke Skywalker, master Jedi Knight, something the entire original trilogy built to, don't you want to see what one of the greatest Jedi Knights can do?

Basically THE FORCE AWAKENS was to spotlight Han Solo and this movie was to spotlight Luke Skywalker, but this movie is about Luke doing nothing. Watching Luke do nothing for 90% of his screen time simply doesn't work as drama. What's even worse is we know that Luke will come around or else there would be no story. The original trilogy is about Luke leveling up. Now we should get the payoff, and the ending looks like it's going to give it to us, but then it does a bait and switch and it turns out Luke was never really there.

Think of how awesome the ending would be showing Luke tossing First Order walkers through the air? Giving Luke this kind of moment wasn't necessary specifically for this movie except that Johnson purposely had Luke do nothing instead. If you're going to do that, then you have to counterbalance Luke's inactivity with Luke doing a lot in the end, which he doesn't, and then he died, so that mean we won't ever get to see the culmination of Luke's Jedi training. What a wasted opportunity.

As much as I wanted to love this movie, it utterly failed to deliver on so many levels. Disney, in all its previews, advertised the film as a serious epic focused on Luke, Rey, and Kylo Ren, with no doubt some appropriate comic relief as always. What they delivered was a farce-tripping over itself with excessive and ill-timed humor such that no scene could ever be taken seriously, even ones that were intended to be. That combined with frenetically paced scene transitions, too many new characters, and wasted sub-plots (casino scenes), meant the main story and characters were left undeveloped with few burning questions answered. The main premise, equivalent to a slow motion car chase with the First Order chasing the Resistance until they run out of fuel, was absolutely ridiculous. Perhaps most unforgivable of all was the treatment of Luke Skywalker. While initially promising, his diminished role and ultimate end were insulting to his character and inconsistent with everything we know about him. Shame on Rian Johnson.

In the end, Disney got lazy and knew that no matter what, they'd make a ton of money off people who want to see a huge lightsaber fight and lots of space battles with big special effects. They forgot that lots of people actually like movies that, on top of all that, are written and produced with enough thought and care so as to not appear like a fifth-grade homework assignment put together 30 minutes before it was due.

Not worth the paper the ticket was printed on.

I can honestly say that i have never left a movie theatre on any previous occasion and been angry. When I left the theatre one of our group asked me what I thought, i usually have something to say about what we've seen. I errupted, the anger was welling up inside. I can't really convey in words, the level of disapointment.

So many things, which have all been said by other reviewers. Snoke, Leia in space, re-hash of ideas from empire and jedi, needless comedy .....

I'm glad that I came to read the reviews on here, because when I got home from the cinema all I could see were professional reviews praising the movie, what an amazing piece of film ...... I was lost, I didnt understand... was it only me? Clearly its not only me. I wanted this to be a great movie, it was supposed to be a great movie ,,,,, Disney, why wasnt it?

To clarify before beginning my review, I'm a 34-year-old lifelong female fan (not a misogynistic racist fanboy as some people assume of those who are unimpressed with this movie's outcome). The characterization of Luke and some of the others was downright WRONG, especially to those of us who loved the OT. And let's be clear, I'm not an OT purist. I will defend Revenge of the Sith to my death. I watched the Force Awakens 5 times in theaters. I thought Rogue One was one of the best Star Wars movies ever.

But The Last Jedi? This movie broke me. Almost within the first five minutes, I knew this was not going to go well. Other reviewers are probably nailing all the fine details but for me, from the beginning, the writing was uninspired, shaky, and poor. The forced comedy and cheap one-liners all in place it simply DID not belong. Cutaways to the porgs, which I thought I would love and ended up being there purely for kids and merchandising options. Come on, Luke dusting off his shoulder? Throwing the saber over the cliff? And Hux, a character who was set up to be hard and terrifying, was made into a Three Stooges style punchline character almost. Poe was one-dimensional. Holdo was completely unnecessary and looked more like a citizen of the Hunger Games Capital than a character in SW. Finn and Rose's storyline could have been completely taken out. Boring, uninspired, and useless.

Kylo and Rey's storyline and their force bond was the only thing that interested me as I hung in there, waiting for some redeemable moment of the movie. I genuinely felt sure that Ben Solo would be redeemed. That is really the way it should have gone. But NOPE. Rian Johnson and company seemed way more determined to write a bunch of trash and twists just to be able to go "GOTCHA" to the audience. Well I don't like cheap tricks. There's a difference between good plot twists and bad ones. These were ALL bad, including Leia's sudden space walk many are compared to a Poppins like moment. The characterization and ending of Luke's life and some of the others was downright WRONG, especially to those of us who loved the OT.

This is the first Star Wars movie to ever have left me feeling so numb. By the end of the night, hours after we left the theater, I felt totally gutted and crestfallen to realize what the Star Wars sequels had become, because Rian Johnson had to "Age of Ultron" the series. Again, Kylo and Rey's storyline was the only thing of interest in this movie, and Rian even messed that up by the end. No chance of redemption now.

Well, no thanks to episode 9. I'm done seeing the franchise i love being butchered by Disney and their ever-growing greed taking over with no respect to the characters we love. This was the biggest disappointment of my life.

After seeing the unbelievable rating of this movie, I have never felt further removed from the average Star Wars fan.

I wasn't a fan of The Force Awakens, feeling it was derivative of previous Star Wars movies. But, in spite of my distaste for the movie, I understood what there was that people liked about it. It was nostalgic to see old faces. Rey, Finn, BB8 and Po were each likeable characters that I felt worthy of leading future movies. The action and effects were excellent. There were hints that we were going to see more with the force in future movies. Most of all there was promise. Therefore, yes, I get how people can see that movie in a different light to how I see it.

But this? I just don't get it.

The Last Jedi was so tedious that were it not a Star Wars movie, I would have walked out of the cinema within an hour. I'm not talking about a slow burn here, I speak of unrelenting tedium and mediocrity. There are fundamental problems at the story level that made it impossible to get hooked by this movie and should have been fixed long before it went into production. The pace was glacial, and when things finally happened, they were anticlimactic at best.

Talking of fundamental problems at pre-production levels, why don't we talk about the script. Not only is the story underdeveloped and poorly plotted, but the dialogue is attrocious. When it's not being cheesy and cringe worthy, it is more wooden and unbelievable than even what we saw in the prequel movies. There was cheese in the original trilogy dialogue, but it was earned off the back of powerful characters, great performances and other genuinely inspired lines.

Being as there are such strong problems with the story and script then, it is hard to hold the actors at fault for the lack lustre performances in this movie. All of the acting fell flat in The Last Jedi. None of the emotion (what litlte there was) felt real to me, and as such I just didn't feel any steaks to get me hooked.

*** Now we move into serious spoiler territory... you've been warned. ***

I am not an editor, but even I could easily cut a third off this movie with a single paragraph. If when Po first confronted the admiral about her plan she had simply explained it, Finn's entire storyline could have been cut from the movie and they would have ended in the same place. Finn would have no need to go off on his hunt for the 'Code Breaker' and the story would have been tighter for it. I get that the film makers didn't want to give the plan away to the viewer, but considering that part of the movie takes up the majority of the second act, it is a really weak premise to hold to. Not only this, but if you cut away this farce, the movie would have been considerably shorter, much cheaper, and the pacing would have been infinitely more bearable.

Now let's move onto Snoke. You know, this strange being that was teased in The Force Awakens as the next big thing and has sparked so much speculation in the Star Wars community for the last two years? Yeah, that guy. Well he is little more than a plot device. Insanely powerful in the force, yes, but a plot device none the less. He exists only as a way of bringing about Kylo and Rey's story which just made their story seem artificial and forced. So there's another third of this movie wasted.

So the last third of this movie is the Luke Skywalker and Jedi story. Surely that's going to make up for it, right? No. Sadly not. Luke has returned to the spoiled, flawed character of the first movie who just wants to sulk about the fact that he cant go off with his friends to pick up some power converters. There's even a moment in the movie where Yoda actually points this out. That means that it was a conscious decision to tear down the protagonist of the original trilogy that has spawned 4 decades of love and an enormous universe of stories. The decision to do that boggles the mind.

Basically, this movie was a mess from beginning to end. It gets 1-star for the visuals (though there was a lot of bad CGI in this movie), and one more star simply because I don't think this movie is the worst movie in cinematic history. It's watchable at the very least, which is reason enough for that second star.

I certainly have no hope for the new trilogy Rian Johnson has been employed to write.

This is a reupload of my old review that gathered about 400 upvotes, but was still removed by the noble IMDb staff apparently due to use of profanity. So whenever you read something like "freaking", you can imagine what I really wanted to say.

Wow, the lackluster trailers failed to give me any hype for this, so I wasn't even expecting much, but this, this is a new definition of "low".

Virtually everything in this movie is outright bad. The plot is disjointed and stupid. The action is bland, the space battles lack in scale and logic, with 1 fighter being able to destroy all of a huge dreadnought's cannons. As for lightsaber duels, well, there are none for Christ's sake! And the one fight using sabers has horrible choreography that is nowhere near the spectacle of acrobatic battles of the overly-hated prequels.

The characters also suck, both old and new. The largest new addition is an ugly fat (I mean, body-positive) Asian chick who is extra-annoying and whose subplot leads to nowhere. As for the old ones, Kylo and the Ginger still act like hysterical children whereas our Wonder-Girl can still do amazing feats of the Force with no prior training, like holding a ton of boulders without breaking a sweat.

The huge problem is that Episode 8 has managed to blatantly flush the intriguing stuff from Force Awakens down the toilet. Big SPOILERS ahead.

Made theories about who is Snoke? Nevermind, he is just a CGI model with no backstory who dies after a stupid cliche villain monologue.

Thought Phasma would be an actual character, a leader of the stormtroopers? Nah, she is just an extra who also wastes the chance to kill off the heroes to die in an utterly stupid way.

Hoped that Luke would kick some ass for the old times' sake? No Sir, he's just gonna project some sort of hologram of himself and then die for no reason! How the hell would he even make that "hologram" on another planet with the Force?

Theorized as to who would be Rey's parents? Obi-Wan, Sarlacc maybe? Lo and behold, they are noname off-screen god-damn bums.

Sounds amazing right? To add to that there's garbage like:

Boring talks about Hope and Resistance; Yoda's cameo who looks like a plastic piece of crap from the old movies, talks nonsense and somehow spawns a bolt of lightning even though Force ghosts have never been able to interact with the physical world before; A space casino which looks like a normal Earth casino but with some silly creatures; Leia survives in outer space and flies like Superman though she has never displayed any knowledge of the Force except for some connection with Luke; A lot of sugar-cutie (ice foxes) and disgusting ("Porgs", that thing with nipples) creatures designed so the incarnation of Satan aka "Disney" would sell merchandise; The annoying Asian prevents Finn from stopping the ram thing for no reason.

This isn't even close to everything wrong with this movie, just what I remember off the bat. It's one of the two films that I've ever given a 1/10 to (the other being Movie 43) and the single worst movie in the Star Wars franchise. I now have zero willingness to see Episode 9 or that trilogy that will be written and directed by this movie's creator, Rian "Worthless" Johnson.

The Star Wars are dead, baby. Was fun while it lasted.

I was totally baffled during the movie and when I walked out of the theater, had become lost of thought and empty of any emotion - perhaps because I was in a state of shock. I won't regurgitate the many valid negative points that previous reviews have already discussed. They are all valid and should be up-voted every single instance. I just want to comment on how utterly disgraceful it was for the handling of four main characters:

1) The writing was careless for Luke's character and his fate. Even Mark Hamill himself disagreed with Rian Johnson about Luke's character and fate, which did not end well for long-time SW fans of the greatest Jedi! In this movie, what we get is an old grumpy Luke, not the spunky fighter Luke who took on baddies, blew up a Death Star, learned the force, and brought down the baddest Dark Jedi/Sith Lord of them all. Granted, he's not young anymore. He's been stuck on a desolate planet for years. He has every right to be grumpy because that's what happens with age. We get it. Instead, the Luke Skywalker in Johnson's adaptation of a beloved series is no more than a jaded, self-preserving, pessimist. C'mon! Does every old hero have to go down this road? It was perfect for Wolverine in Logan, but it is not in this movie! It would have been much better if we see Luke with every last bit of Jedi force, leading the last remnants of the Rebellion away from the grips of destruction, then breaking into Episode IX with some questions to be answered. Instead, we were left with yet another Jedi biting the dust knowing that we'll see him again in spirit. Wow, how great was that? We can all feel wonderful now that his spirit lives on. Give me a break! He could have taken on Kylo just fine given what was shown of his powers and fighting skills in a few scenes . And why oh why did he have to fall down when he had already shown Rey who was still the boss? Luke, you were shamefully disrespected by this director.

2) Rey's Jedi force and training were poorly developed. She came to Luke and went through some very superficial training. Luke didn't have her doing any physical training, there was no time spent on teaching fighting skills or how to control her light saber. There wasn't even a "control your anger" type of training that Luke went through in TESB. She simply had it all endowed coming in to Ach-to. If that's the case, then why the hell did she even need Luke? The writing failed miserably with her development as THE last Jedi. While Daisy Ridley did well with her part as an actress, it was the writing that failed her.

3) Snoke's fate...need I say more? The most powerful bad guy in the universe got killed! We didn't get to learn about his vast knowledge about the Jedi, their origin, and how he turned Kylo. All we know is that Kylo is still angry...dating back to SWTFA (and unfortunately Han Solo was on the receiving end of that anger). Did I mention that Kylo is still angry? Angry at his dad, at his uncle, at his mother - three pillars of the SW saga. That's still all we know.

4) Leia. OMG, Johnson gave her floating powers. This is no disrespect to Carrie Fisher. She did a fantastic job as usual. But Leia now has powers unbeknownst to us.

Wow this is getting hammered by reviews and now I understand why. Given its still in week 1 and most of the early reviews were all paid for and fake, the fact that this is at:

57% - Rotten Tomatoes 50% - Metacritic

Means that the real scores are likely closer to 30% and 25% if you take out all the paid for "pro" and fake user reviews... wow.

Are they serious? Didnt they learn from the 1st one that they need to push the story forward instead of making a C grade retelling the old stories? Wow, so glad I didnt pay to watch this.

1st of all, the replacement characters remain unlikable because dialog and character building is poor. Attempts at humor are not funny nor charming, and the plot development might as well be written by someone with a high school level intellect. Plot holes abound in what is sadly yet another attempt at a retelling of the same story from the 80s... how you can make more plot holes in a story remake? Well they did. and they threw in a few eye rolls as Rei continues to be a lore destroying super Jedi that has more power than all the previous Jedi combined without even trying and barely any training. The sensitive storm trooper who didnt want to kill can now kill as many of his brethren while smiling. And oh apparently the rebel are now so dumb that they dont even consider looking around for an exit when they are trapped until the magnificent leader says they should look around and after asking Lea if its ok to look around with him... lol.

Luke who is supposedly a master Jedi at this stage in his like, is now the guy who either died due to being out of shape or by a 3rd rate sith dork who lost storm trooper in melee combat. But he he sure fooled him for a minute to allow a group of worthless idiots escape... I guess this was his Obiwan moment when he went up against a full powered Darth Vader and had no chance of winning... except in Lukes case it was against a kitten with the IQ of a wet towel. They basically took a dump on all three original movies (and even the prequels if you care about those) as well as all the written lore that came after not to mention common sense. Luke got killed while projecting his hologram... why? To give the rebels time to escape when all they had to do was look around for an exit and shoot themselves out. But they were too dumb to figure that out. It took sacrificing Luke (who didnt actually need to die, he could have pulled out the second they started looking for an exit) and Rei to move a few rocks to do what would have been trivial with the guns and equipment the rebels had with them. And all this happened why? Because they ran out of gas lol.

Good bye Star Wars.

A movie that tries extremely hard to be politically-correct, while being inclusive and embracing diversity, that it forgets what it means to be a part of the Star Wars lore. One of the greatest protagonists in cinematic history has been reduced to an uninspiring hermit drinking milk off an alien-cow-dinosaur hybrid. Supreme Leader Snoke could potentially be a greater villain than Darth Sidious but unfortunately killed off, Darth Maul-style. Meanwhile, forgettable and insignificant token characters such as Finn and Rose were kept alive all in the name of "multiracial-diversity" and "political-correctness". And don't get me started on the space battles: It was vomit-inducing.

• There was an estimated 4-5 First Order Star Destroyers including the massive Snoke's personal flagship, all armed to the teeth with thousands of turbolasers, hundreds of laser batteries, tractor beams, anti-ship torpedoes, and this movie is telling me that none, and yes, NONE, of them could take out one feeble Resistance cruiser? And don't forcefeed me with that "oh they're out of our range, so at the moment, we could just continue pursuing them for several hours and hope they would eventually run out of fuel" reasoning. General Hux could have just deployed his entire squadron of TIE Bombers, strategically targeting the cruiser's engines and shield generators, and poof! Mission accomplished.

• Wow, didn't know that the mighty First Order Dreadnought that is capable of orbital bombardment was extremely vulnerable to "vertical-dropping bombs that defies space physics" from ONE Resistance bomber.

• The "finding the codebreaker at the Casino-Monaco Planet" storyline was grossly unnecessary and a borefest. It would have been better to allocate the precious screentime to a more-engaging backstory about Snoke or showing more of Rey's Jedi training.

• Leia flying around in space without a spacesuit. Apparently being strong in the Force negates the urgent need for oxygen, being frozen, or propelling oneself through a microgravity environment. SpaceX, anyone?

• Snoke's death was unreasonably premature.

• Luke's death, while expected, could be better managed by the writers.

• Kylo-Rey intergalactic Force-Skype communication: The next Tinder in the making?

Conclusion: A Disney-approved Sci-Fi comedy specially made for the general masses, Porgs for the kids, while leaving behind the tiny bits of crumbs for the longtime fans to scrimp on. Hey, as long as Disney makes $2billion at the box office and millions more on merchandise and other related IPs, who are we to criticise them? In the end, it's all business, profits, and nothing else.

Congrats for killing another franchise. The movie was horribly edited, half of the things happening on screen are literally pointless and theres NO character development whatsoever. Rey becomes a jedi after a 15 min meditation session with Luke, Kylo kills Snoke (wich was supposed to be stronger than vader and sidious) and this somehow doesnt change anything AT ALL. But hey, the 2.5h of screentime are filled with poe doing poe things, finn and a forgettable chinese partner going to the forgettable space-las vegas and doing pointless things that have nothing to do with the plot except giving benicio del toro some money, and leia somehow flying in space. Oh also dont expect explanations for the multple questions you may have had after seeing TFA. 13/12/2017 is the day Star Wars died, good job mickey mouse.

How this script made it past everyone at Disney I'll never know. What happened to the Star Wars that told a coherent story and focused on characters that we truly cared about?

Here, we have a ridiculous stew of new pawns thrown into the mix who end up amounting to nothing. The characters we do care about are under-utilized. Phasma has an underwhelming death after once again being absolutely worthless and without consequence. The other two deaths in the film are that of the two female characters who are introduced with minimal development. And... how did Luke die? He just decided to drift off into oblivion in the same fashion as Yoda? This made sense for Yoda in Return of the Jedi as he was way beyond his years. But Luke here basically just commits suicide.

Genuine drama and momentum is traded in for cheap twists and a non-stop urge to be humorous instead of taking itself seriously. Several of the jokes are cringe-worthy, as if a room full of aspiring comics sat around and said "Hey, wouldn't this be kinda funny if we had this character do this?!" and then they just included every possible outlet for humor with zero discretion. Trading in fluid and impactful story-telling for an overabundance of cheap laughs... something that no Star Wars movie til now has dared to do.

I was genuinely excited to explore the true nature of The Force in this installment, but I was sorely mistaken in that department as well. The dialog during the training scenes is simplistic, rehashed from The Empire Strikes Back, but in a dumbed-down way. No new or innovative ideas are brought up, and as Luke trains Rey, he does so with an air of mockery. To those who have found actual insight, emotion, and philosophical resonance in The Force, the way this movie handles the subject is beyond insulting.

Also- I understand Leia is strong with the Force- but are we really supposed to believe that Jedi can survive being THROWN INTO OUTER SPACE now?? Where do we draw the line? These are human characters we're dealing with, but Mr. Johnson apparently has no boundaries.

And his final shot? A boy who we have NEVER SEEN BEFORE. I understand the meaning behind it- to say that anyone can be force-sensitive- but really?! For me, Star Wars has always been about the characters. So when one considers the closing shot of the movie (which has, in other Star Wars films, always been highly poignant) to be a RANDOM BOY... instead of a character that we're actually invested in... you'll see why I am upset.

Adding even more questions to the list of unanswered mysteries introduced in The Force Awakens, this episode has me seriously concerned for the culminating chapter of this trilogy. Best of luck to Abrams in salvaging the story he set out to tell, as The Last Jedi has left it in a very puzzling and disappointing place.

Warning: This review contains significant spoilers.

After the excellent Rogue One and the very positive reviews that this movie received, I was hopeful that it would be outstanding. However, I left the theater with a feeling of enormous disappointment. Let me start with the positive aspects of the movie, though. Technically, it is a masterpiece: the special effects are fantastic. Visually, it is a stunning recreation and advancement of the original Star Wars trilogy (Episodes IV-VI). Most of the actors do a good job and the soundtrack is great, too. The space battles are extremely well made -- probably the best I've seen in any movie so far.

However, all of these positive aspects cannot save the movie from its poor plot, misplaced humor, and the fact that it simply does not feel like an authentic continuation of the existing Star Wars universe. Obviously, the last point in particular is subjective, but below I will provide detailed reasons for my judgment.

In general, the plot is not believable, tries to achieve too much, and delivers too little at the same time. It is not credible because the entire story feels forced. The uninterrupted hour-long hunt for the Resistance ships (which is a very thin and weak main story line) seems like an artificial way to create tensions. It is full of gaps and developments that are not believable. On the one hand you have the technologically vastly superior First Order forces which are able to follow the Resistance fleet through light speed (something that, according to the characters in the movie, was not even possible previously). On the other hand, they are not able to get any closer to them when in normal speed. Also, it is not believable that an explosion that destroys the entire bridge of a ship and kills everyone on it, leaves Leia physically mostly unharmed (not a Jedi trick, because the Jedi can definitely be harmed physically). Furthermore, the fact that the one person they absolutely need for their plan (the so-called "Code Breaker") is conveniently close to the location of the chase just appears to be too big a coincidence. Similarly, the presence of a comparatively close old rebel base is not very credible either. Finally, Supreme Leader Snoke, who appears to be a mastermind, does not notice the light saber next to him turning (I mean, come on)...

One of the biggest problems with the plot is that the tensions created are resolved much too quickly and in an anticlimactic fashion. Supreme Leader Snoke, who we barely know and who remains completely mysterious, is taken out of the movie after approximately five minutes of conversation without any big fight. He turns out to merely be a placeholder to fulfill a certain story function. The problem that characters are introduced too fast, remain underdeveloped, and are then removed (even though there is great potential to develop them) -- like Captain Phasma or Rose Tico -- shows that the movie tries to achieve too much but delivers too little. While the plot heavily focuses on Rey, Kylo Ren, and Luke Skywalker, nearly all other characters suffer a fate of under-development and/or quick removal.

Also, actors throw around the word "treason" and even commit acts of betrayal without any meaningful consequences. For example, Poe Dameron takes over the command of the Resistance in a "coup d'état," only to apparently be forgiven shortly afterwards. This is presumably due to the movie's younger target group, but doesn't help its authenticity at all.

This leads straight to my second major concern: Episode VIII simply is not an authentic continuation of the existing Star Wars universe. The development of characters and the main story was much more believable in the old Expanded Universe that is no longer part of the official canon. Just compare the development of Luke Skywalker's personality in the old Expanded Universe, as a guardian of new Republic and heir to the Jedi Order, to his completely new personality in Episode VIII (where he runs away from everything and tries to destroy the legacy of the Jedi). Considering that throughout Episode VI Luke does not give up the hope of turning the evil overlord Vader (who he knows to be his father) into a good person again and in light of his success at doing this, it is also not credible at all that he would even consider killing his nephew -- Kylo Ren -- in his sleep. It just doesn't make any sense given Luke's previous character development.

As pointed out above, Snoke's appearance and development is also more of a joke. Not to mention Kylo Ren: with his childish attitude he simply cannot serve as a credible bad guy (and especially not Supreme Leader). The entire First Order is a cartoonish version of the Empire. This is not Star Wars anymore. Moreover, the casino scene and the entire side plot with Finn and Rose also did not match the atmosphere and world design of any previous Star Wars movie. The casino looked more like Las Vegas than anything I've seen in the Star Wars universe so far.

Finally, the humor used in the movie often feels misplaced. The film seriously starts with a "prank phone call" from Poe Dameron to the general of the First Order. This reminded me of Bart Simpson's calls to Moe's bar and just feels completely wrong as the opening scene. The First Order commander is fooled too easily and his behavior and attitudes remind me more of a teenager than of a high-ranking imperial (First Order) officer. This is again presumably due to the movie's younger target group.

Some jokes are pretty good and made me laugh, but their frequency is so high that it simply doesn't feel like we can take most characters seriously anymore. That may be the goal of the creators of the movie -- to produce something more light-hearted -- but, as I said above, this simply is not an authentic continuation of the existing Star Wars universe.

Overall, it is pretty clear to me that the movie seeks the broadest possible audience. With stunning special effects, great space battle action, lots of light-hearted humor, and a more cartoonish First Order it wants to turn everyone into Star Wars fans. However, by doing this, it breaks with previous movies of the saga and ultimately has enormous potential to disappoint existing fans. By going maximally mainstream (more than Star Wars was ever before), the movie might be successful at making money, but it's ever harder to distinguish Star Wars in a meaningful way from any other recent SciFi film or even the latest super hero movies. Despite its strengths, the weaknesses -- especially the bad plot and not credible character development -- make it mediocre overall. If this movie would not have the label "Star Wars" on it, most people would probably not care to see it. It likely would be forgotten within a few years. With the label Star Wars on it, despite all of its shortcomings, it will probably be an enormous (financial) success.

DO NOT READ MY REVIEW IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE SPOILERS

This review is a result of episode 8 as a stand alone and not toward a possible 9 (where Disney could reveal Kylo was a liar and the reason why he told Rey if she knew what he saw when he touched her hand, would cause her to turn to his side, was because she would turn dark knowing Kylo killed her father) In the same way episode 6 not 5 revealed Luke and Leia to be siblings.

From the moment Poe made fun of "General Hugs" and talked about his mom I knew this movie was going to be a POS. Didn't realize Star Wars was on the same comical caliber as The Marvel Cinematic Universe which is based off of comics. After re-watching Episode 1-6 and seeing younglings killed I noticed a severe inconsistency with this universe as of late. I feel the comedy aspect could have been picked up in spin offs, not the main movies. Why does every movie HAVE to have an even amount of comedy nowadays. The Dark Knight didn't require comedy to be an amazing film.

Poe had several people killed with his asinine plans and ideas, and we are supposed to look at him like he is some amazing leader ready to take over for Leia? REALLY!? How can anyone think this story is coherent.

I love how Rey has never had a teacher or been trained in Kung Fu but some how she has mastered every technique. Since when has a martial arts student suddenly been able to master and perform flawless techniques without a teacher or training? Humans in Star Wars have NEVER done this and neither in real life.This is the reason why people were frustrated with E7. It is terrible writing to start off a character needing no development. Heck even Leia tells Rey they don't need anything else after the resistance is destroyed. NO SH!T, especially when you have written a character to be so perfect.

We come to segment of the movie where Poe agrees that Rose and Finn should go off and find this codebreaker. This entire portion of the movie was to illustrate to the audience that maybe the resistance isn't all good and maybe the empire isn't all bad. At the end of this little section of the story we find out that Finns efforts were all in vain JUST like episode 7, where he goes to rescue the perfect character who doesnt need rescuing. Disney, why would you allow one of your main characters(a minority figure), to be portrayed as useless in 2 films in a row. I love Boyega and you let Rian Johnson destroy his character in the worst way. Which leads into my next tantrum.

Finn not performing the most courageous act in history, sacrifice. I know everyone else felt it as Finn was about to collide with the battering ram cannon, that swelling in the throat, and the tears starting to form as finally his character does something meaningful. To only have it ruined by Rose with her line that "We won't win by destroying the things we hate; we win by saving the things we love." OH REALLY??? well that is trumped by the comment Luke makes about war just beginning... last time I checked wars were won by ruthless tactics not by handing out flowers.

At one point Luke sees Rey leave and goes to burn the sacred Jedi texts to have Yoda assist with some lightning. Luke turns around and verifies with Yoda that it is time for the Jedi to end where Yoda nods and tells Luke yes. OH REALLY??? That is why Luke on Crait tells Kylo that he will not be the last Jedi? WTF were you thinking Rian Johnson? This script is far less coherent than the last turd I watched, Bedeviled.

The acting, sound effects, visuals, music(oh the lovely, amazing music), and costumes were beautiful and praise worthy and with the failure of the script I firmly believe everyone did thier part except Rian Johnson. I love the cast and almost everyone who worked on the film even poor Kelly Tran, but Rian you should feel ashamed.

First of all, I'm a big Star Wars fan, and I think the prequels were good, because they were building up to something, Vador. But this... Where is THIS going...? It's the first time in my live that I've taken the time to write a review, because there is no way this movie deserve his 8.1/10 rating. And five years old kids don't come to rate movies on IMDB, so people were clearly paid to rate this movie past 5 stars.

At first, I thought it was a Family Guy parody. Poe talking about General Hux's mother and making him look like a fool. Jedi Temple Maids!?!?! LUKE MILKING A WEIRD CREATURE, WHAT THE..!?

Every mysteries JJ Abrams brought to us with The Force Awakens; Snoke, Rey's Parents, Rey's Vision, Luke & Kylo backstory all lead to nothing... Everything was answered like if Rian Johnson didn't agree with JJ Abrams first view on the Trilogy and wanted to get rid of it right away. I can't believe he gets his own trilogy.

But who were the writers on this movie!? Why did they decide to shoot Leia's ship if they didn't want her to die. Waking up & flying in space, really? All that so we can finally get rid of Admiral Ackbar? What was the point of the "Casino mission"? (Maz's character appearance was pointless by the way) Finn and his new "nobuddy" were really going to leave satisfied with only freeing a weird horse? That's what they were going to do if they were not rescued by that weird traitor code cracker. How did Captain Phasma survived the first movie? And for what? To just die AGAIN! Why did Luke look so afraid of Rey turning to the dark side to then just decide to keep training her the next morning? They really lost me there, at one point I thought there was a mistake in scene editing and this scene was supposed to come later in the movie.

What about Snoke... he was supposed to be so powerful. What was he doing?? - And now my young apprentice I fully trust you, I know everything about you! I can read all your thoughts and I will say everything you think out loud until you strike me with the lightsaber just beside me. Nonsense. I really thought there was a big reveal coming up for this character. The only reveal we got was that he was actually nobody and weaker than Kylo.

There is really nothing left to care about after this movie. I did not know that a trilogy could contain only two movies... The only thing left is that Kylo Ren and the First Order are still alive. But hey! There's a little boy with force and a broom! He was probably heading to his Quidditch game if you ask me. Is he who I am supposed to care about for the next movie?

The comedy also ruins the movie. Filmakers got to stop. Not all movies have to be action comedies. I am tired of the Avengers because of this exact reason, they are all the same. There is no serious movie anymore. (Look at the new Jurassic Park trailer per example, comedy again, this will suck). Star Wars movies were light si-fi movies. Now, this was like Guardians of the Galaxy 3 or Star Trek - Far, far away.

I am a Huge fan of JJ Abrams work, but unfortunately (I am sorry JJ), I won't be going to the theatre to see the third one. This is about Disney an there way of handling the Star Wars franchise. In my opinion, you are ruining the Star Wars spirit.

I can't see how this trilogy can be saved now...

The Last Jedi is one giant cinematographic anticlimax. Each sequence had a twist for the sake of a twist. Each time, the chosen twist was always the lesser of the interesting possibilities the resolution could offer. Each scene had a build up that lead to an anticlimax. Examples: 1) Set-Up: Luke gets his blue light saber back. The biggest buildup at the end of The Force Awakens. Two years in the wait to see what Luke is going to do. Anticlimax: Luke throws the light saber away over his head in a slapstick manner. 2) Set-up: Is Admiral Holdo a traitor? Anticlimax: Apparently she's not, she just wanted to hide her plan (of saving The Resistance) from everybody without any apparent reason, creating forced conflict. 3) Set-up: DJ explains the war economy to Finn and Rose and shows that the weapon dealers sell weapons to both The First Order AND The Resistance. Anticlimax: Finn and Rose ignore it completely and pretend this discussion never happened. 4) Set-up: We finally meet Snoke, the new biggest Dark Side villain of the galaxy. Who is he? Anticlimax: He's nobody, Snoke is killed off in the most anticlimactic and convenient way possible; and this in the middle of the movie! 5) Set-up: Rey is finally getting the answer of who her parents are. Anticlimax: She is a nobody. Her drunk parents sold her to Unkar Plutt when she was a child. They then died and were buried somewhere on Jakku in a mass grave. 6) Set-up: The big climactic build-up of the battle on Crait where Luke walks towards The walkers of The First Order. The music builds and Luke is ready to do some serious force-s***. Anticlimax: Luke was using a projection of himself, Force-broadcasting it from Ahch-To to leave some time for The Resistence to escape. This drained his energy and killed him apparently. The Last Jedi felt like making love to the woman of your dreams, and right before you come she stops you, pushes you away, and tells you to leave for not apparent reason. You are just dumbstruck thinking "What!?" The Last Jedi is a mix between Return of The Jedi and the prequels. It had the potential of becoming "something truly special", but like the prequels, all the decisions that were made were the least interesting and in some cases the most ridicule ones. For example: The whole crowd started to lough in mockery when Superwoman Princess Leia flew through space... Casting A-list actors like Benicio Del Toro for small roles is another example of a weird choices. The rhythm was off. Wen the subplot started about Finn and Rose going to Canto Bight, the movie started to drag. Then, when the Crait battle started, everything was rushed. All the interesting questions The Force Awakens asked were answered in a rush. The Last Jedi is a ridicule movie, a 2h32minutes long awkward an weird cinematographic experience.

I never thought I'd be saying this, but I have never been this conflicted with a Star Wars movie plot in my life. I want to go through the movie one point at a time:

• Opening scene is probably one of the better space battles we will see in a long time. We notice the desperate escape and sacrifices made by the Resistance. PROBLEM with this part was that you don't know any of the characters- and starting a movie by simply creating sacrifices doesn't give you that emotional connection with the people dying. Either way it was ok enough.

• So we know Luke went exile on this island, and we would assume (as TRUE fans) that he would learn a thing or two about the origins of the Force. I mean the whole hype around the existance of BOOKS in the universe of Star Wars got everyone excited. But amazingly enough, Luke didn't even seem to have read them all - we literally don't see their signifiance in this whole movie.

• We remember Luke Skywalker as the beacon of hope after RotJ, but in this movie he seems like a completely different person. I would assume even after loosing his first generation of Jedis he would try to persuade himself to restart, but noooo he DOESNT - he has given up.

• Luke hardly teaches Rey anything about the Force. We see few lessons, but nowhere near how Yoda taught Luke. This in my opinion was a sad moment! Yet no one really understands why Rey is so competent with the usage of her force abilities.

• Rey's parentage thrown down the drain. Kylo reveals that her parents sold her on Jakku for drinking money.. I still feel like we will see more to this particular plot in Episode 9.... (HOPEFULLY!)

• Snoke... man oh man, what have you done Disney? After the Force Awakens, we are left with so many questions regarding this being.. who is Snoke, how does he hold so much knowledge of the Force, what is his connection with the Old republic or the era of the Empire? NOTHING answered in this movie, and on top of this (please God help me with this one) he is killed! There is no revelation about his origins. Just a simple bad guy who was born out of nowhere and wanted to destroy the Jedi and take over the Universe... I mean COME ON, such a stupid way to go.

• Finn and his girlfriend scenes are such a waste of time. You feel like the planet they travel in order to find a codebreaker is a scene from a Harry Potter movie. I am conflicted with how long they made that scene.. so unecessary. I can say a whole lot more about this particular bit, but I'd like you to see this movie and cry about how bad it was made.

• Poe was fantastic actor in this movie. I love his enthusiasm and he truly lifts the movie with his comedy, bravery, and sense of justice.

• Princess Leia (RIP dear princess) - seems to be tired in this movie. I'll go straight to the important scene: at one stage some tie bombers destroy her command bridge and she is seen blown into space. Suddenly she wakes up (while being frozen to death) with the use of her Force abilities and flies back into the ship... We have seen some new abilities of the Force now, this one is a big one

• Resistance is left with, hmm.... 8-9 people by the end of the movie?

• At the latter part of the movie the remaining Resistance sends out message across the outer Rim for aid, you would believe that someone would reply in their darkest moment.......... NOPE, no one did. BUT LUKE came out in a spirit form (using Force ability while physically remaining on the Island planet). After a deadly "fight" with Kylo Ren, he dissapears amd returns to his own body. There he watches the sunset and becomes one with the Force, in other words he DIES. Rey can sense this and so can Leia.

With this particular scene we have learned that Luke truly has learned more epic usage of the Force. The part that gets me pissed: does teleporting your own spirit to another planet result in your own death?... nothing about this gets answered. You just see him use ONE ability and poof = dead.

• This movie is all about making way for the newer generation and I truly hate the way it is done. Trust me, I love Star Wars and I would love to give the newer generations time to evolve and introduced in the most intelligent way, but this movie just wants to kill off legends.

Sorry but in my honest opinion, this is the WORST Star Wars movie ever created.

"The Last Jedi" was by far the worst Star Wars movie that has entered the series. The actors themselves are great, but it is the story that has completely ruined the direction of the Star Wars franchise. There may be some spoilers ahead so if you have yet to see the movie please do not read further.

To start, one of the biggest issues with the new Star Wars movies are the excessive amount of puns and comedic entertainment that have now been added to the series. Star Wars is not a Marvel movie and is NOT intended to be a comedy. The Last Jedi adds too much unnecessary humor that takes away from the seriousness that is Star Wars.

This film is filled with unnecessary scenes and plot holes that will leave you scratching your head by the end. The best example of this is seeing the humanizing moment when Kylo Ren decides not to fire on the bridge of the spaceship where his mother (Leia) was. Leia still ends up getting blasted out into space from the other tie-fighters and then uses her force power to pull herself back into safety. I'm sorry but A) Leia has never shown a glimpse of power like this so how are you going to introduce this now and B) What was the point of the bridge blowing up if she was just going to survive anyway? Again, another frustrating waste of time with no explanation or answers.

Another major fault by The Last Jedi is the handling of the unanswered questions we all had from "The Force Awakens" such as, who is Snoke and who are Rey's parents? We never learn who Snoke is or how he ever came in contact with Ben Solo or how he was able to manipulate Ben to the dark side. With the image of Snoke being a major villain in The Force Awakens you think he would have had a larger role rather than to be killed off halfway through the movie with no explanation of his origins. The ladder follows with the question of Rey's parents, who are deemed "nobodies" who left their daughter on a planet without a care in the world. Although this could turn out to be false in future movies the fact that we are left with this as the outcome is anticlimactic and very disappointing.

Another thing I have realized that is wrong with the new movies compared to the old is that they are trying to focus on so many supporting characters rather than the core group. The original Star Wars movies still has some of the most iconic supporting characters in cinema today because of their impact while they were on screen, not because they had to create an individual story for each and every character introduced into the Star Wars world. The Last Jedi continues this poor tactic by trying to have a story for Rey, Luke, Ben (Kylo), Finn, Leia, Poe, Rose, Gen. Hux, Phasma, etc. Another thing to note is that Phasma had another pointless role in this film same as during The Force Awakens and just feels forced into the movies at this point.

There was so much potential in The Last Jedi but the poor execution of the story really made the movie a dud not to mention trying to make the movie a mix of "Return of the Jedi" and "The Empire Strikes Back." The connection between Ben and Rey was interesting and could have been expanded on more as well as the history between Ben and Luke (now knowing the details of their conflict and the perspective of each individual in the scenario). By far my biggest peeve of the movie is when Yoda shows up as a ghost to speak with Luke. Why would Yoda be the one to show up when Luke had a bigger connection with Obi-Wan, or even his own father (Anakin) for that matter considering Obi-Wan and Anakin faced a similar scenario when Anakin slipped to the dark side (same as Ben Solo). Just another example of poor story execution. They essentially took everything that made Star Wars what it is today and threw it all out the window and left us with a mess of a movie with no plot or direction. Again, this is no reflection on the cast, all of them did a great job executing their roles, but the writing was really some of the worst we've seen in a long time.

I left the theater with no excitement or feeling of "what's next" and overall was disappointed that they took something so great and have turned it into garbage. This movie seems like the end of the "Star Wars" we all grew up with and loved.

If I had to describe my overall experience for The Last Jedi in one word it would be, disappointed.

Wow. Just wow. The Last Jedi was the worst piece of garbage masquerading as a Star Wars movie. I genuinely feel bad for paying the ticket fee. This movie doesn't deserve that. I logged into my IMDB account for the first time in years just to post this review.

See, I hate it when my favourite things are being destroyed. It's like a phantom dagger piercing my heart.

Why exactly is TLJ such a horrendous farce of a movie?

Spoilers, beware. Let's see...

1. No character development. At all. The only thing we learned is that Kylo Ren has conflicts of conscience. Everyone else remains as forgettable, boring PC main characters. Finn is still a black dude who sometimes gets excited. Rey still beat Kylo Ren with her girl powers without actual training. There's a new short, plump, socially awkward girl. Need I say more.

2. The romance between Finn and Rose felt forced. They had zero chemistry at all. The kiss-scene felt like it came out of nowhere. I get that romance is a reoccurring theme in Star Wars, but... just because you can do it, doesn't mean you should. Did they write this on their lunch breaks? Jesus Christ.

3. No tension. You know one ingredient that makes a good movie? Emotions. I may just be cold, but I felt almost ZERO emotions while watching TLJ. There wasn't a single scene that made me excited, hyped, joyous, sorrowful, or angry. The only emotion I felt... was disappointment. I didn't even chuckle once. Speaking of chuckling...

4. Misplaced comedy. Really. I'm not the kind of person to laugh out loud often, but not a single 'comedic' or 'funny' scene even made me smile.

5. What happened with Snoke? He was both a severely underused and cliche villain. It's almost like they tried to recreate the ending of Return of the Jedi when Rey entered Snoke's throne room and was briefly force-tortured by him. Then he dies. Awesome. Honestly, I didn't like him that much either way, but... You have three movies to make a compelling villain. Three movies. Of the most popular fictional saga in the entire world. And THIS is what you come up with?

6. What happened with Captain Phasma? No. I refuse. I REFUSE to believe that was her fate. She'll come back, right? That was just a ruse to make us think that she's dead. There's no fucking way that you kill off one of the most underused villains of all time like that. SHE HAD LESS TOTAL SCREEN TIME IN 2 MOVIES THAN GENERAL GRIEVOUS DID IN REVENGE OF THE SITH FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

7. Random ass-pulls. Things that make you go "Oh, come oooon!". Princess Leia's 'death' is a shining, prime example of this. Curses, our fair princess was vacuumed into space! Oh wait. She can just use her space wizard powers to move herself back to safety. The movie was full of these mini-deus-ex-machinas, but it would take forever to list them all.

8. Awkward directing and mini-plot holes. So... when Finn and whatshername were captured and prepared for execution by Captain Phasma, there were stormtroopers all around them. An explosion. Everyone except our gracious main characters is dead. What happened to the troops surrounding Finn and Rose? At the end after the crash, how did Finn carry whatsherface back to rebel lines without AT-AT's obliterating them? My god. I admit I was tired, so maybe I missed some key elements. Could someone explain in detail how the main characters survived in some scenes for reasons other than their extraordinarily thick plot armour?

And since this is the 8th 'episode', I think the 8th reason why The Last Jedi is a heap of garbage is a good place to stop. There are, of course, many more things, like Kylo Ren's betrayal of Snoke, Luke's death and Admiral Holdo's hyperspace-suicide which were completely intellect dampening from a logical perspective.

One thing I liked were the Force scenes between Kylo and Rey. Them sensing each other and the camera angles being placed accordingly. Those were pretty sweet.

The visual and auditory presentation of Holdo's suicide by hyperspacing through the imperial fleet was really cool. Otherwise, it made no sense lore-wise. Couldn't the rebels just have destroyed all of the Death Stars in the previous movies the same way?

Rogue One was good. Fantastic, even.

The Force Awakens was bad.

The Last Jedi somehow manages to be even worse. I'd rather watch the prequels three times in a row that have a go at these Disney Wars movies befouling the Star Wars name. I have no hope for Episode 9. Hire better fucking writers and directors and maybe we'll see.

Hell, if Disney contacted me, I'd write a compelling, unforgettable script for Episode IX for FREE. I'm dead fucking serious.

As a lifetime Star Wars fan, I was sorely disappointed to see even the biggest fans laugh at the writing and concepts of this film during the midnight launch screening, if only the jokes were as funny.

The film lets you know where it's going almost immediately, opening with a typical "poor signal radio" gag between two important parties, warning you that there is nothing to be taken seriously in this plot. These poor attempts at humour continue throughout the rest of the film, with excessive amounts of time spent on jovial scenes that only exist to pander to people who might not know the franchise or promote possible merchandise.

This lack of finesse carries over into the writing and plot, most of the dialogue is downright cringe-worthy, not dissimilar to you might see in some kid's first fan film. The plot essentially doesn't exist, from beginning to end, nothing has changed in the larger universe. Furthermore, any significant plot points from the previous film that might have required an explanation are dismissed with an "Oh, yeah that was nothing". On top of the disaster that was the "plot", there are a multitude of lore-breaking cop outs and a very short timeline for the events of the film to occur in order to create suspense, which is then completely ignored. To sum up the script, it was lazy, unintelligent and full of continuity errors.

All this film does is shit all over every aspect of Star Wars that fans love, characters included. It feels small, the characters are undeveloped and the sense of wonder that Star Wars is built on was entirely snuffed out. At least the prequels felt a part of something larger.

The film makers did the right thing by releasing a smart trailer that did not give hardly any of the story away, however I was left unsatisfied and there were some plot twists that completely destroy the rest of the potential star wars cinematic universe. Most of the movie is a missed opportunity.

I will get straight to the point and cover the things I liked and the things that I disliked.

Liked 1. Mark Hamill, he is and will always be fantastic as Luke Skywaker his performance was great. 2. Snoke was an interesting character and formidable bad guy, he would and should have kicked serious ass in the next star wars movie!!! 3. The battle at the end. 4. Chewie.

Disliked 1. Too much comedy perhaps. The new order was a joke and it seemed like they tried too hard to make every scene a funny one with all First Order characters acting like complete morons, and the rebels stunning each other like juveniles being given a tazer. 2. Politically hidden messages in the movie. - Anti Capitalist tone for the people / creatures in the casino. Was that alien picking up coins a reference to Trump? And the horses smashing through the casino knocking over rich people (who by the way sell weapons in the galaxy) really? It's that unobvious? I could see it a mile away. 3. Snoke taken out so easily.....I mean c'mon Kylo Ren will now be a raving lunatic for the last episode and does not have any dimension to his character besides yelling like a nut case. 4. The middle of the movie dragged on and was so boring. A ship following another ship for the whole movie does not add anything new to the star wars lore. 5. No lighsaber duels??? even at the end wtf? instead they just fight ninjas. 6. Leia blasting Poe and the other commander (Dern) repeatedly calling him a flyboy??? what is that???? that's not star wars, that's a bad attempt at hipster comedy which failed. Looks like DERN thought she was in top gun 2. 7. Leia is blasted into the vacuum of space and is still alive. Then uses force pull to save herself. That's just so stupid! 8. Luke skywaker....force projecting himself, then fainting to death???? Um what??? 9. Captain Phasma is just cannon fodder and a huge waste. 10. The sub plot where they are looking for that lock smith guy is horrible and cheesy, he ends up being a boring character that is again thrown away and wasted. 11. A Rebel Capital ship has 18 hours of shield power and can sustain constant cannon fire, but a dreadnought star destroyer has NO shields and can be successfully attacked by one X-Wing and a handful of bombers? 12. Poe's failed mutiny was an absolute joke. How did he get the other squad leaders to point their guns at the officers? and with no consequence to them? 13. Rey's parents to be hyped only to turn out to be quote - "filthy merchants" WHAT? 14. OH Look! A convenient abandoned planet, that happens to have a well stocked, hidden rebel base in it right there when they need it. LOL, gosh a 3 year old kid could think of a better story with a better plot.

There are touching moments when Luke reunites with Chewie, Leia and R2D2. But nothing touching throughout the whole film with any of the new characters. There is just no emotion there worth mentioning, except Kylos crazy behaviour and outbursts.

Many questions are unanswered, like what was Snokes back story? Why is Yoda happy to burn the jedi tree? Where are the knights of ren? Who will train Rey if Luke is dead / gone? Where can they go to conclude the saga in a satisfying way from this point? The whole thing is a huge mess. Force Awakens was so much better and that says a lot.

The movie ran over 150mins and was an unsatisfactory bore-fest. It's like they want to destroy everything in all past start wars films and turn the franchise into a space comedy. Anything serious about the franchise they have sought to destroy. Sorry that was already done a million times better in Spaceballs. Sorry I really wanted this to be great but it failed on so many levels. The plot of the movie is summed up as, Rey wanting Luke to train her and the First Order following a rebel ship. This movie is best described as a mess akin to the mind of Kylo Ren.

3 out of 10.

Okay, I do not know where to start... Really. I didn't like TFA but I had some very big expectations about this one. The start of the new story was incredibly bad but it had the potential to be fixed somehow. Sadly, it didn't happen.

I will start with the good things, and there are a lot of good things but when I see it as a Star Wars movie, all of those good things fall apart.

- Kylo Ren and Snoke are cool as shit! - The acting is superb. - The music and the VFX are amazing...

But that's all of it. We can enjoy all of those things in every other similar movie. The MCU movies for example.

Now, there are spoilers ahead, so if you didn't watched the movie, stop reading my review here.

If TFA was a copy-paste of ANH, TLJ is a mix of TESB and ROTJ. Literally. I like the prequels, and even if I didn't liked them, I still would have respect them because they are original and George Lucas didn't afraid to take risks with the storyline. TLF is a complete BS /I am sorry for the language but COME ON!/. It is one big multi-million black hole. Disney care only about money. Everybody cares about money, there are one of the most important thing in the world. But when you do something - put your heart in it...

- I did not care about Phasma /and Ackbar too/, she was useless but I cannot believe they killed Snoke so stupidly. We didn't learn anything for him. He just showed up a few times, he was badass in all of his scenes, and in the end he is killed for no reason. His back-story is equal to that of Phasma.

- There are a few new characters, nobody cares for them, except Finn, may be. He falls in love with one of them but she is killed off too.

- Luke Skywalker, the Grand Jedi Master we all know from the books and the video games is so pathetic and illogical that for a second I tough I am not following the movie or something. He dies too, I am okay with that but he is acting like an grumpy grandpa, and somehow teleporting and doing Force stuff we had never seen before. Nothing against it but, please explain how those things happened!

- Leia can fly.. In SPACE??? What was that??? I will not make my rating for the movie lower because of that scene of course, just didn't liked it.

- There are so many other bad things, worse than my English, but I am tiered of writing this, so I am going to finish now.

So, when the movie came out and I saw the critic reviews, the high ratings, I thought this movie is going to be at least watchable. Now, when I saw it, along with the other people, and I see all the negative reviews, I cannot believe that this rating (8.3) three days ago was real. Cannot be. This is F.. BS! IMDb is dead for me, I will no longer consider this site for a movie rating criteria. It is a complete lie. I know that some of the movie ratings are manipulated but never believed that that they are manipulated so much! It is insulting, and I am sorry if I am mistaking!

So, the conclusion is - if you want to watch a Star Wars movie - go watch Star Wars Episode 1-6, or Rogue One. If you want to watch a Star Wars Parody - go watch Spaceballs. If you wanna kill yourself - go watch The Last Jedi!

I rarely write a review but I feel I NEED to do it this time. I just watched The Last Jedi in 3D on a laser projector and the picture quality was top notch. At the beginning you can clearly see that the 3D effects in this film were going to be awesome. The ships in the opening scene were very detailed in a way I've never seen before in a 3D film.

But sadly I can't hide my disappointment. Where the Force Awakens introduced us with new characters and thus a lot of questions, The Last Jedi doesn't answer them. In fact I have even more questions now than before. It is also a bit of a slow movie, it takes some time before it really starts going.

I'm not going to describe every scene, just a few thoughts I have. We can all guess who the Last Jedi really is going to be, but it's a Jedi who's training is probably the most incomplete. Feeling some rocks, reaching out to the Force (and yes that part was actually funny) going to a cave which again doesn't give any answers. What were they trying to do when she stood in front of that mirror like wall ??? Luke, Lea and Kylo Ren's characters were on par, no big surprises there, aside from what happens to Lea when the ships bridge gets bombed ... Nah, I can live with that scene albeit somewhat extreme for her character.

What really makes or brakes this film is the faith of a main character which was introduced in the Force Awakens, Supreme Leader Snoke. Now I'm a HUGE Star Wars fan, but I'm the kind of fan that didn't read the comics nor did I see the animated series. I know a bit of the background but that's it. Still I consider myself a fan and I'm sure many of you didn't read the comics or haven't seen the animated series either, just as I haven't.

So as far as I know Snoke is a new character one which is portraied with great strength, one who would even surpass Darth Sidious. I was hoping that the Last Jedi would tell us more about his origins, was he in the prequels ? Has he been hiding in the shadows ? How did he encounter Kylo Ren ? Etc ... Allas no answers here ... not a single thing is said about who he is and where he comes from but you can see how strong he is with the Force when he's trying to get answers out of Rey. Skipping some dialogue here ... Rey is being held down by Snoke and orders Kylo Ren to finish her, whilst at the same time YOU CAN CLEARLY hear his dialogue about how he can feel what's going on in Kylo Ren's mind, how he KNOWS what's going to happen and at THAT very SAME time Kylo Ren SIMPLY turns Rey her lightsaber (which Snoke took from her and was resting on his armchair) ignites it and Snoke is being cut in half ??? Did he not see this coming ??? This a character which kept fans curious for the past 2 years and he DIES in such an unbelievable and stupid CHEAP way my jaw LITERALLY dropped to the floor !!! This scene makes or brakes it for me ... and it was the latter.

From that point on I kinda lost interest in the story and all I could think of was why ??? WHY RYAN JOHNSON ?? WHY ???

And when you think of the story as a whole it's basically an escape the bad guys movie. Finn and (forgot) are going to Canto something to find a codebreaker. They get locked up in jail and of all places that's where they find him ... Sigh. Later on it was apparently a trap and this codebreaker delivered them to the First Order but we don't see anything story wise how this trip was even relevant, they could have just stayed on the ship to begin with and went to Crait straight away along with the others. But then again that would have shortened the movie by half an hour or so at least.

I have to say the people who made the trailer really did a hell of a job getting people all excited for the latest Star Wars instalment but it simply doesn't deliver, at least not to me.

So many questions still, is Snoke really dead ? Why is there nothing said about the Knights of Ren who were clearly seen in the Force Awakens ? The everlasting question about Rey's parents, simply answered by Kylo Ren was a bit disappointing too, but will there still be a twist ? So many many questions still ...

Hello All!

I would first like to say that I just created an account just to review this film! This is mainly because I feel so strongly after viewing this film what I think is wrong with hollywood and big block busters today... bad storytelling.

Starting off, I am somewhat a fan of Rian Johnsons past work. I recommend Brick to all of my friends and think it is a very well thought out modern Noir story. I even enjoyed Looper which I thought was an imaginative take on time travel. Though a major concern among people who have seen it and some critics is that it is filled with plot holes. Unfortunately it seems as though Mr. Johnson did not read these reviews...

I am not a massive star wars fan. I never read the books, the comics or even watched the clone wars television series. I am not a die hard fan for Star Wars. But I am a die hard movie fan. I love movies for their storytelling qualities that let the audience experience something new and different. This major quality that I enjoy most in movies unfortunately is not found in The Last Jedi.

Something that I will be referencing throughout this review is the term "Deus Ex Machina" which is a term used to describe a "God Device" or something found in a plot that arrives just as though a God put it there. I will use it very loosely to point out weak plot points that simply do not make any sense. Other reviews talk about how certain actors act and how some things don't feel right for Star Wars in general. I do not feel like I am knowledgeable enough to point out these flaws. So for all intensive purposes I would like to focus on the story just like I would for any other film.

Now to the meat of my review! throughout the film certain things happen in the story that save characters from peril or fix problems they have. Comparing this to real life, we all have had occurrences where something Lucky happens to us and are saved from something horrible. But this does not happen over and over and over again. Starting from the beginning Leia is thrust out into space and is presumed dead. Nowhere in the past films has she been able to observably use the force and mostly can feel things through the force. How is it that right when she is flung to space she manages to not only be able to use the force but can do something that has never even been seen within the franchise? The entire focus in the first act is that the rebels main ship can barely stay out of range from the First Order. How come the First Order doesn't just speed up? Use just a smidge of light speed to cut ahead and become in range? this goes beyond the realm of possibility that they would just drag along behind them and not make the first move when they know they are weak. 3. The entire Finn story line is expendable. It could have never happened and the story could have still ended where it did. When writing I would think that you would look at the story and make sure every single ounce of the story was crucial to get from point A to Point B. Looking at the Finn story it is littered with Deus Ex Machina's for instance when they get arrested. They just so happen to meet someone in the cell who can break into the First Order? Later on, Finn fights Phasma then she happens to fall and die (waste of a character). Then Rose magically arrives with a small ship to get them off the burning ship. Later they crash onto the "salt planet?" and manage to be the only ship that gets into the hanger alive. WHAT ARE THE ODDS! I don't want to talk for hours so my last point with Finn is that before Hologram Luke gets barraged with laser canons, Rose passes out. So between Rose passing out and Hologram Luke gets blown to pieces Finn runs across this "salt field", Through laser explosions? and gets Rose back to the base in less than 5 miniutes. I'm not even kidding look at the distance between the base, where he landed and the time when Hologram Luke gets attacked. Its ridiculous and makes no sense whatsoever.

There are other points I could bring up, like Finn getting rescued last minute by Rose. Snoke just so happened to get out of character and trust Kylo RIGHT AFTER SAYING HE SENSED HIS CONFLICT. Like yep... just said I didn't think you were a full Sith but now I trust you and I'm going to close my eyes. Or the rebels luckily finding an escape root from their new ice fox friends.

To conclude, the story is weak because so much happens through blind luck. This is what bad writing looks like everyone! Whenever someone sits down to write there has to be a cause and effect. There is none here. Just cause and luck. It just simply did not make any sense.This does not span to just Star Wars, but all of Disney's films. They lack good story elements that are either extremely predictable or just have random things save them right when they are in trouble. Do not be fooled by the great acting and flashy effects THIS IS BADLY WRITTEN. They say you support something with your money. So from now on I will not be paying to see a Disney owned and operated film for a long time. I am officially fed up with Star Wars, Marvel and dare I say Pixar. Please Disney stop destroying good storytelling and rehashing other peoples ideas!

That is all.

Thank You if you read all of this!!

-TheFlood

I was fed the hype, including a number of critic reviews in the mainstream media, and am left wondering if they saw the same film that I've just watched.

Very, very average at best. Little discernable actual plot; just a sequence of set piece action sequences interlinked with pointless chummy, huggy dialogue between characters that I find it hard to care about.

It's cinema for the twitter generation. No actual depth to it at all, just a derivative movie which repeats (and repeats) the genius signals of it's early predecessors without doing anything at all new. What a horrible shame that possibly the most successful movie franchise of all time is reduced to this.

ACTING It really is coming to something when Mark Hamill is not only the star of a movie but is also depended on to hold the whole thing up. I am coming to the conclusion that Daisy Ridley really doesn't have the talent to do her (key) role justice. Adam Driver actually steps it up a whole gear from the previous movie and was very watchable, but all the other characters basically shout thier lines at each other, clearly conscious of someone holding a stopwatch off screen.

SCRIPT Star Wars scripts have always been legendarily wooden, but under Disney the bar has been lowered to a level that 6 year olds would find condescending. Let me provide an example :

Back in the old days (say) a Tie fighter would be attacking the falcon. Old dialogue was something along the lines of : (Skywalker and Solo struggle to shoot fighter, Skywalker eventually bags it) LUKE : "See I got one" SOLO : "OK kid, don't get cocky"

In the new world that same scene is scripted : (Finn and Rey struggle to shoot fighter) REY : "Shoot that fighter!" FINN : "I'm going to shoot it" REY : "If you don't shoot it now we'll all be destroyed" FINN : "OK I'm going to shoot it" (FINN Actually shoots fighter, massive explosion on screen) FINN : "WOOT! WHOA! Did you see that? I shot it" REY : "Yes I did that was amayyzeeen" FINN : "That was fantastic!" REY : "Yes you are absolutely amazing" I think you get my point...

Shockingly dreadful, CeeBeebies level scripting that almost had me yearning back to the good old wooden days of Hayden Cristensen wooing Natalie Portman.

AND THE DISNEYFICATION Oh boy, here's where Disney should have left it alone. The film unfortunately trots out a small zoo of cute "Disney" creatures. From the pointless Llama-like creatures which have been stolen stright out of "Never Ending Story" to the little Pingus with big eyes the film starts to resemble one of those dreadful Pixar animal animations which only 5 year olds can bear.

I could almost write pages and pages about where this film goes wrong. The film raids the it's own archives for material heavily, refilms it and it's just not as good second time round despite having what appears to be a few $bn of effects thrown at it.

Thank you Disney Corp for actually managing to accelerate the ruination of the greatest movie franchise in cinema history. All that remains now is to bring back Jar-Jar Binks in a leading role.

The Last Jedi is obsessed with the fallacious idea that in order to move forward you have to destroy everything that came before. It is as if someone walked into the Louvre and said "you guys need to stop holding onto the past," and then threw a torch down, cackling as hundreds of years of irreplaceable works of art burned to the ground, and then, standing triumphantly on the ashes, drew a smiley face.

In order to make room for the new characters to shine, Rian Johnson obliterates the character of Luke Skywalker to the point that Hamill himself couldn't recognize him; in the Original Trilogy Luke Skywalker transforms from a whiny farm boy into a hero who proclaims "I am a Jedi, like my father before me" and manages to do what both Yoda and Obi-Wan thought impossible: bring Darth Vader back to the light. In this film, Luke is tempted to murder his own nephew before he even did anything wrong simply because there is a chance he may turn to the dark side, but the worst thing is that after that rather than attempt to fix his mistake he falls into a pit of despair and hides on an island as his friends are slowly wiped out by the First Order. When Rey arrives he refuses to train her or help the resistance in any way (despite having made a map to his location in the previous film), until a strange out of character pyromaniac Yoda force ghost appears and tells him Rey is perfect already and also the extremely cliched line that "the greatest teacher, failure is." Luke is not the only wasted character from the Original Trilogy either: Chewbacca serves as nothing more than comic relief and Leia is incapacitated for most of the film after a strange Mary Poppins-esque stroll through outer space. Admiral Ackbar is killed so unceremoniously you barely even notice he dies.

The usage of the force in this film is wildly inconsistent with the previous films as well. First of all, force ghosts never were able to alter physical reality, yet in this film Yoda is able to bring lightning down from the sky, leading us to the question of why the force ghosts haven't just destroyed Snoke from their impenetrable positions in the netherworld. Leia is able to fly through outer space, and Snoke can force push people from across vast distances. Rey is able to lift multiple tons of boulders with apparent ease despite how difficult it was for Luke to make a single X-Wing in the Empire Strikes Back even budge. The force projection that Luke does at the end is actually interesting, but for some inexplicable reason they decide to make it kill him.

From a critical standpoint, the film is an incoherent mess. There is little to no character development and the plot is little more than a long, drawn out series of "gotcha" moments; we are treated like dogs, as Rian Johnson dangles delicious treats above us before rapidly yanking them away. In the climax of The Force Awakens Rey finds Luke and extends his lightsaber, but in The Last Jedi Luke merely throws the lightsaber over his shoulder. Leia is sucked into outer space, only to magically force fly back to safety. Luke agrees to train Rey, but then quits after only one pathetic training session. Finn is about to heroically save what's left of the resistance, but - surprise! - he is saved at the last minute by his awkward love interest. Snoke is the most powerful sith in any Star Wars movie ever, but is anticlimactically killed by a cheap trick. The entire first half of the movie leads us to believe Kylo Ren and Rey will join forces, but after Kylo Ren saves Rey - surprise! - they're not going to work together: Kylo Ren will remain the stereotypical bad guy and Rey the infallible heroine. Rian Johnson had a chance to actually do something original and daring in this respect, but instead chose to take the safe route.

The writing in this film is atrocious. Several lines are lifted verbatim from the Original Trilogy. The humor is out of place, overused, and sounds like they took the words of a heckler writing in the margins and thought they should actually put it in the movie (Star Wars meets Rocky Horror Picture Show). We are distracted by pointless subplots that are of no consequence. The new characters have no personality and sound like modern day buffoons who were simply transplanted into the Star Wars universe. There is so much wrong with it that you really just have to see it for yourself, although I would recommend not paying money for it.

In conclusion, The Last Jedi is the worst Star Wars movie ever made. It is heretical. It is the anti-Star Wars. It stinks.

I was expecting to be dissapointed before "the force awakens" but after seeing it, I thought, "maybe I underestimated Disney, they can do this". Then "Rogue One" came out, it was alright as well. I have watched all 8 movies again, prior to watch "the Last Jedi"; dude, you got a good story, a stoormtrooper that ran off from the First Order, a young Sith and a Jedi who are having conflicts, Luke Skywalker, technology for incredible effects and so on; yet, what you shoot is a movie that stoortrooper is a coward and a hopeless romantic; Sith and Jedi fall in love each other; a Supreme Leader whom we still don't know how it got to be a leader (at least we knew the story of Darth Sidius before) and who dies like a freaking young jedi; we have the legend Luke Skywalker who became crazy and coward but somehow immortal. We have the main characters WHO JUST DONT DIE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. Disney must return shooting the High School Musical; they have ruined Star Wars, they have ruined the best memory of my childhood. As a Star Wars fan, I could not help myself crying after seeing this movie which is worse than "the Phantom Menace". You need to be ashamed. You have betrayed George Lucas' legacy, you have betrayed the purpose of Star Wars. You now can be happy all the 10 year olds will love the movie, good job.

Star Wars is over. As a true Star Wars Fan I can just say that it hurts. I love Legends, I love Episode 4 - 6 and I even love the prequels. But I hate the Last Jedi, I hate the plot (to be honest there is no plot), I hate the acting (Daisey Ridley), I hate the characters (Rey, Finn, Finn's chick, benicio del toro), I hate the explanations (if there was any), I hate the casino arc, I hate the political message (SJW), I hate the Leia Supergirl scene, I hate the choregraphy (even if there is no real lightsaber duel), I hate the ATAT, I hate how they used Yoda, I hate that they didn't use some of the old SW Tracks (Imperial March, Duel of Fates etc.), I hate the fuel issue, I hate the resistance (9 people left?!), I hate the new Anakin Child, I hate the dialogs (hux, rey), I hate that there was no Star Wars feeling at all, I hate Disney, but hey I love Porgs now!

1 point because its Star Wars 1 point for the visuals

2/10

I don't know where to start with this utter abominaton of a Star Wars movie. It's like Rian & Disney took everything that J.J. Abrams wrote and threw it out the window. There is no explaination who Ray and Snoke are and who were the Knights of Ren, Snoke is even killed off in the middle of the movie in a ridicilous way. The way they changed Luke Skywalker as a character is is just sad. All the hype where lukes blue lightsaber came from in The Force awakens was for nothing. There was not even a proper lightsaber battle in the end.

ANNOYING: Snoke couldve been so badass. He is so strong in the force. And yet he is given no backstory, where the hell did he come from? Where did he learn his force powers? How did he fund and start the First Order? How did he corrupt Kylo? He's killed off in a anti climatic way and appears super weak and random. I dont care if its all explained in some cartoon, he should be able to stand on his own in the movies, as all the other bad guys in Star Wars have. Captain Phasma was super random and weak. She was dumb enough to let Finn escape and unable to kill him when she gets the chance. I hated how obviously PC the movie was. Female officers and pilots everywhere, of every skin tone. I hated how Luke didnt learn anything about the force during his exile and overall didnt seem like himself at all. The kiss between Rose and Finn was just funny in a "I want to kill whoever thought this was a good idea" of this kind of way. Oh and how did Leia survive in space? No other jedi master has been able to do that and she isnt even practised in the force! At least give some context into her abilities before showing me that. Poe disobeying Leia and only getting a wee slap on the cheek and a demotion undermines her character. He did something directly against the Generals orders and shes too nice to care all that much? If she maintained her anger that'd be all good but she seems to have completely forgotten it as they escape, even letting him take the lead of the rebel escape from the base. I also noticed the theme of rehashing the originals going strong. Empire attack rebel base and rebels must flee. Young jedi learner goes to reluctant master and ultimately leaves against his wishes. Only difference is, Empire strikes back doesnt waste the entire movie with these two plot points and progresses further, whereas the Last Jedi doesnt.

BORING: the opening action sequence has no suspense because i already know theyll succeed in escaping. Also how the hell can Poe take down all the surface turrets of a buffed Star Destroyer? because this movie doesn't care about making sense. The new characters are all boring. We get some hacker dude who i cant even understand, some purple lady, a lady with a big nose, an asian lady and some other random rebel ladies. Compare this to the characters introduced in the other star wars movies, with great personas and cool, distinctive traits. The movie takes place over 24 hours or so and nothing new is introduced to the star wars universe. We literally see a ship chasing another ship and Luke being uncharacteristically pissy. Finn and Roses story adds nothing to the plot at all. In fact, they serve to provide the empire with a guy who tells them the rebels are escaping and enables them to shoot down half of the resistance. And yet they are still welcomed as heroes when they meet Poe. The Jokes mostly fall flat, except when im laughing at the terrible plot or the obviously product placed Porgs. Rey and Lukes plot has no real development or substance to it. She spends more time talking to Kylo, who isnt even there! I love how we're meant to like Poe, Rose, Finn and stuff because of their jokes and banter. Theres nothing else to them. Poe for example. All I know about him is he likes BB-8 and he isnt good at taking orders. Where's Finns struggle with his storm trooper past? Why is Poe so good a pilot? Han Solo was able to be likable, badass and interesting the moment we met him. Same goes for Darth Vader, Yoda and even characters like Obi wan, Grevious and Dooku grow on you in the prequels. I feel no attachment to these new characters.

Disappointing: I noticed how Rian Johnson is trying to be innovative and be all like "I can make a successful star wars movie without a lightsaber battle." Ok. Congrats. You did it. But why not add an awesome lightsaber duel? You had a nearly 3 hour movie and the closest we came was when they fight the royal guards. Why not add a new lightsaber colour? Or a new force power? Lightsaber battles are what makes a star wars movie awesome! The action in this movie felt lackluster. The chase scene with the weird horse things was random and unsuspensful, the final battle where the rebels charge against the AT-AT doesnt result in anything epic. The battle of Finn and Captain Phasma was predictable, not to mention unbeliebable. How can Finn beat the captain of the first order so easily? Because Finns a good guy and we root for him (apparently.) God damn that Yoda scene as well. Trying to make him look like the original Yoda as a diss to the prequels but then making him look super fake. Why does he decide to burn the papers? theres no real reason. Give us Qui gon, Obi wan or anikan, they'd be interesting to see. General Huck sucks. How is it that grand Moth Tarkin can be so effortlessly cool with little screen time and someone like Huck never comes close to this? Are we supposed to fear and admire a character who is a literal fool and in charge of the entire First Order fleet. That is one of the weirdest parts of this movie. Why is there such a powerful faction suddenly popping up with all these weapons, able to take heavy losses (because of incompetent commanders) and yet the resistance cant fight back at all and have to run away the whole time?

This movie was somehow worse than Force Awakens. The fact that Johnson is being given a new triogy after making such a lackluster film shows Disney (and Kathleen Kennedy) dont care about making good films. They want a director who will do whatever they say. When a director isnt being feminsist enough or isnt sticking to the shit scripts, their fired. This has happened with the original director of episode 9 and the directors of the Han Solo movie. I wish Lucas had kept star wars to himself, because the fact that these movies are canon now ruins the original trilogy. Han never learnt his lesson and became a smuggler again, and borrowed to much money again. Luke becomes the opposite of a wise jedi master. Leia ends up alone amongst idiots commanding a faction even weaker than the rebel alliance, without authority enough to keep people like Poe in line. The defeated empire rise even more powerful 30 years later, which undermines the victory in return of the jedi.

If you're looking for a slapstick car crash with no heart, pathos or tension, The Last Jedi is the film for you.

So much is destroyed in the two and a half hours this film spans. Luke, the purest of heart, the one character that is seemingly impossible to ruin, is stripped of all his character and charm for no apparent reason.

Nothing in this film seems to serve a purpose. And even when we think there is some sort of plot - no! We are then told that the light and the dark are fairly interchangeable, that no side is a good side... except when in the end it matters again?

Domhnall Gleeson's character is more of a caricature, being thrown about like a rag doll, completely undermining the power of the villainous empire. Leia survives the most ridiculous explosion and exposure to space. Who is Snoke? Who is Rose? Why is every moment of possible tension destroyed by a cheap joke, making this film more like the soulless void of the Marvel franchise or a money-grabbing Disney film?

Why can none of the actors act? This film poses so many questions regarding the script, it's plot, and sadly, the industry as a whole.

Watching The Last Jedi was like watching an old friend suffer an undignified death. All I can think to do is get drunk and pretend it was a bad dream.

They didn't even try this time.

Force Awakens was a great start for a new trilogy. It wasn't ideal but it was a really good start. Unfortunately unnecessarily because The Last Jedi decided to throw everything into garbage bin.

The plot is a complete mess with no conclusions and no point. The choices made by creators were awkward and just plainly STUPID. The movie leads absolutely nowhere leaving you with distaste. You WILL be rolling your eyes.

The only answer to the questions prompted by TFA we get is Rey Parents. Have you felt satisfied with the answer? I certainly did not. Still don't know the reason for her power. The training with Luke was a DISASTER. There was no training at all. Breathing exercises don't count. Sorry. Why did Yoda even show up? There was no point at all for this. Why did Rey Jump to this "Black hole underground place"? It lead to absolutely NOTHING. The worst but most hilarious subplot was the one when our heroes go to the casino only to get brutally arrested for bad parking. And they still managed to find what they were looking for in the prison by accident. And again it lead to absolutely NOTHING. This part could have been cut out with NO CONSEQUENCES whatsoever.

The deaths... Come on. You want to kill someone - kill them. Don't revive them 5 minutes later with "magic". If that wasn't bad enough, Luke died from sitting on a rock too much. Probably hemorrhoids.

I feel bad for actors who played, this lazily written script, very well . Especially Mark Hamill whose character's got SLAUGHTERED. Finn was useless. He did nothing that mattered the whole movie. The last scene of him speeding towards the Death Star cannon gave me some hope but no, he had to be saved in the name of forced romance.

Good humor and special effects don't good movie make. The movie has to have some substance first in order for this to work. And we now have completely pointless, unresolved, unnecessary movie.

GREAT JOB DISNEY!

Plot twists turned to plot anarchy. Ryan Johnson effectively throws out Chekov's gun principle in favor of the much more dictatorial "all that matters is what the writer thinks matters in this exact instant; it might be forgotten or brushed off 20 minutes from now".

A lot of story logic and story direction was sacrificed to make the heroes as heroic as possible and the message the movie delivered as inspirational as possible. I appreciate the intent but Star Wars is a fantasy with some fable-like moments. Treating this movie (or any movie really) as a sacred text that teaches our kids morality is just presumptuous and unnecessary. There should be a balance here.

Mixing two generations of characters proved this trilogy's undoing. Not enough time was devoted to the new cast who got lost in the countless B-plot story lines and need to showcase Han. Luke, and Leia. Love all the new heroes, btw.

The SW OT was build on friendship and romance; the PT on family. Even with all the special effects and action, the relationships between the characters is what made these movies shone (some more than others). Our main cast in this movie has never spent any time all interacting with each other. Poe and Rey met in the last five minutes of the movie. The movie as a result is an emotional wasteland. Ditto for not thinking of a way for all the OT cast to get together for a scene in TFA, however short the scene might be. This movie was an emotional wasteland. The New Yorker used the following adjectives to describe this bold new SW world: "abstemious, de-mentalized, militarized". I couldn't agree more.

I had no issue with how some classic elements from Star Wars were discarded or reinterpreted. However I have to say that putting such emphasis on these same elements (Anakin's lightsaber for example) in TFA and then literally tossing them aside was baffling to watch. I am not one bit surprised by fans angry about that just because of how these elements went from significant to who cares. If you really wanted to be bold, Lucasfilm, perhaps you shouldn't have brought these elements up in the first place. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Sorry!

Speaking of bold, there were some interesting ideas in this movie. But somehow we ended up with an evil man in black armor with a red laser sword who is in command of a faceless army bent on subjugating the galaxy, a rag tag team of rebels who resist him and all space tyrants. and a young inexperienced jedi who is helping the rebels. That sounds... familiar? Hopefully, episode 9 does something unexpected with that set up.

The movie was profoundly unfunny. The only thing the quippy one liners achieved was to undercut the tension and diminish the story's impact. And the funny parts were not meant to be funny. Leia flying through space is not bad, but the way they portrayed it was. The space chase was just Family Guy Star Wars or Space Balls level of absurdity. By all means show us new ways the force works! But the long-distance yet tangible force hologram was just distracting.

Heroes are as good as their villains. The First Order are caricatures. I guess that makes it more palatable for kids when they see the First Order ships carrying thousands of members of the First Order blow up.

I had no problem with the death of Han Solo or the fate of Luke Skywalker. But know we know the OT trio led sad, strife-filled lives and never escaped the conflict that formed them as human beings in their youth. It's like their hope and dreams were crushed with age until it was time for them to pass. That's a very nihilistic statement that anyone who is currently under 25 will have the pleasure of discovering as they re-watch the movies in the future.

I just can't see how the movie is nuanced. The bad guys are badder than ever. The good guys are more heroic than ever. It's good vs evil; light vs. dark. Nuance never did play a role in this universe. Lets not fool ourselves that it does now.

The special effects were very nice, but 99% of all the vehicles and even of many aliens were just tweaked designs we have seen before.

Ryan Johnson, I am still a fan :). Maybe both sides on this debate will reassess their position and we will meet half way.

That said, the entertainment media's reaction to any negative opinions about the movie has been sad to witness.

Snoke is a silly joke in a yellow bathrobe compared to Palpatine. And so is this movie compared to Episode V, even to Episode III in my opinion.

*** Spoiler from here on***

Before I am going to mention my main issues I have with this movie let me say I had some really good laughs, intended and unintended ones, and the movie was well made, but the story...oh boy.

As I read somewhere at least one subplot is totally pointless because it leads nowhere, namely the "casino plot" where Benicio del Toro comes in, what a waste of a good actor. I learnt when some sub plot is pointless, you just cut it. Also the internal logic of this sub plot stinks: if that admiral with the purple hair just would have explained their plan to Poe all would have gone well, very well to be exact. So we have a whole pointless sub plot because some leader didn't want to explain their plan. When this lady assumed command and looked clueless I felt: Where is Captain Kirk when you need him?

The other main issue I have is this: Killing off your vain villain is o.k., but not in the damn middle of the trilogy! Here is the strength of the original trilogy when it comes to the main villain: Although the emperor is mentioned in ANH, you have the impression Vader is main bad guy, only in TESB you see the emperor for the first time as a hologram and in ROTJ for real. In this sense TFA feels like part 2 of a trilogy and TLJ as part 3, but it just is supposed to be the 2nd part. What good is that?

Kudos to Disney, you have manouvered yourself in an excellent position with that. So the whole storyline of TFA and TLJ feels like two people were working on it and Rian Johnson just didn't like JJ's creation of Snoke so he kills him off in a most silly way, one of the unintended laughs.

As sad as the passing of Carrie Fisher was, why not kill Leia? Do some reshoots, but no, Luke has to go. Really well done. The only explanation I have is that they did a lot of reshoots in order to kill off Snoke and then set of a new trilogy with that kid in the end....here we go again.....

I never thought I'd say this, but I really miss Mr. Lucas' talent for constructing and telling storys.

EDIT: Almost 48hrs later after I watched the movie I am still feeling disappointed. The analytical part of me still says, the movie isn't that bad so my 6 stars will stay, but the Star Wars Fan boy heart is so sad. I still don't know if I can joyfully rewatch the original episodes because I know what is going to happen to Luke later.

The only explanation I have is this: George Lucas sold to Disney to get revenge on all these prequel haters so he can say: "See that big pyle of Micky Mouse poodoo you can get?"

Or at least I had hoped that I was watching the wrong movie, or it was a weird dream/nightmare.

I have never left any sort of review on here before, but the Last Jedi was such a disappointment I had to do something!

The moment Leia could force fly, was the moment I should have stood up and left the cinema. And the phone prank... really?!!!

BB8 always coming to the rescue, the horse things, BB8 shooting coins, the horrible humor...

A really really really bad movie. Dont waste your money, wait for it to hit Netflix.

This movie is bad movie for the starters

Music is good and effects are solid.

Everything else is crap.

Big reveal for characters is that there is no reveal. Script=crap Lore wise=crap

Adam was ok,i still hate how Daisy is over acting her role.

Everything else is a drag in the movie.

It was elongated travel and pointless at this one.

Disney paid more critics than ever since they only think about money their ex executives are running pyramide scheme known as Herbalife.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Intro scene already kills star wars lore since "That is not how the force works" after Leia ship bridge gets blown to pieces by TIE alike fighters she just skywalks back into the deck instead of dying.

Who is Snoke?Snoke is ancient entity which cannot sense deception in his own apprentice so snoke is old and ancient idiot.Kylo uses force to cut snoke with lightsaber right next to Snoke and somehow Snoke has no idea that might happen.

Who is Rey?Super powerful junker child who supports everything Kathleen Kennedy wasnt in her childhood powerful strong female created for SJW justice.

Tried making marvel movie with alot of jokes misplaced instead of star wars funny moments so on that level its same as Jar Jar Binks.

Luke developed Force projection?More like casting illusion spells in DnD that is exactly what Luke does.Luke creates illusion to fight Kylo at the end which drains him from his life force and he dies never leaving that rocky planet.Also his robes remain same as yoda death.Disney SJW force bullshit.

George Lucas had silly creatures and crazy CGI in the prequels, this movie has all that. But what is missing in this film is the lore, mythology, dialogue and long term character arcs. The Force Awakens was an enjoyable greatest hits of Star wars with two mysteries that were genuinely enthralling - Who is Rey and what is her connection to Skywalker / Kylo? And who is the mysterious Snoke?

Major spoiler here!.

Rey just turns out to be no one, with no connection to anyone. That's literally the explanation in the film. So much for weeks of analysing her Force dream in TFA.

Snoke - no explanation of who he is, whats his connection to Palapatine, How he witnessing the Clone wars. Nothing. And he gets killed off just as he was becoming interesting.

I guarantee that George Lucas chapters 7-9 would have made these character arcs far more fascinating and fully thought out. This was just very lazy script writing.

I am awarding three stars simply for Adam Drivers tormented Kylo Ren. They almost get this bit right and when he is on screen the film lifts considerably.

Comedy - the first 20 minutes totally remove any of the gravitas and methology of the film. Stupid gag after stupid gag. When Leia floats through space I looked at my brother and we both laughed and then put our heads down in shame, shame for our love of star wars and shame for George Lucas. We will never get to hear his true views on the film, but I know his heart must be cramping up in his chest. Crazy sub plots, silly casino wrecking horse / camel things, the slowest psace chase ever, the AT-AT attack was just them walking in a straight line, no proper light saber fights, Yoda turning up and talking absolute non sense.

There is some enjoyment here, but few and far between. Possibly it might get better on subsequent viewings a la "Crystal Skull" and your expectations are low. The mythology is not there, so I doubt it will be watched too many times. The prequels have silliness and bad acting, but strip that away the three film arc of Anakin to the Dark Side and Palpatine to power is genuinely fascinating and is what draws you in to repeated viewings. That is missing from the new sequels.

We will never get to see George Lucas vision for these sequels. That is a true shame as I fully believe he would have done a much better job. These sequels are a Disney / Marvel churn out. Big on CGI but no story, spat out for the popcorn masses, whoc can't focus on a long term story. There is a reason George left 3 years between sequels and 20 between trilogies. He had the whole story though out and planned in his head.

I would like to start off with no spoilers.

This movie is not just bad, but a disgrace. This movie is filled with gaping plot holes, horrible character motivations, terrible pacing, and the most obnoxious "comedy." This movie is so full of shit, I'm surprised that they didn't manage to put anything that belongs in a Star Wars movie in it. This movie isn't just bad, but also retroactively ruins the story of the original trilogy. While I suggest people see it for themselves, go in having a bad feeling about this. While Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker, Rey, and Poe Dameron are good characters and tolerable at times, the movie finds a way to ruin them.







SPOILERS: Everything about this movie is horrible. Let's list it piece by piece: -Nearly every joke fails. Horrible one-liners, dumb slapstick, and burp jokes. -Princess Leia not only survives the vacuum of space, but can also fly through the vacuum of space like Superman. THE FORCE! YES! -One woman, who is dreadfully annoying and has purple hair, who will hence forth be called Dr. Satler, takes out an entire First Order fleet with one cruiser and hyperspace. This means that fleets can be eliminated by one person on one ship. No more space battles, I guess. Can't wait for Episode 9 when they are afraid of a new fleet and nobody says "We could just fly through it with one cruiser and win!" -Dr. Satler tries to teach Poe Dameron some stupid lesson about leadership and not being brash by not filling anyone in on the plan. Why on Earth would she not tell the Resistance she was trying to get to that old Rebel Base? To prove a point? Poe's arc makes no sense, what has he learned? To let you men believe they're going to die? -An entire First Order Fleet takes more than 5 seconds to wipe out one cruiser. Stupid. -Rose. Everything about her. -There was actually a legitimate amount of time dedicated to freeing space horses from a space casino planet. This is real. And Finn and Rose save horses but not slave children. Heroes! -Luke was willing to kill his nephew. Why would Luke do this? First of all the entire fucking point of the Original Trilogy is Luke learning that the only way to overcome Darkness is by hoping for something better. He learns that even the most evil man in the galaxy, Darth Vader, could be redeemed. Did he forget the most transformative experience of his life? -Great villain in Snoke! Except we know nothing about him, who he is, what he wants, why he is so powerful, etc. Dies in two seconds too. -Kylo turns to the Light to kill Snoke, but Disney remembered they needed to sell villain action figures so they made him evil again for no reason. -Remember the Knights of Ren? Yeah, me neither. -BB-8 is capable of taking out three trained men with coins, and piloting an AT-ST. -Finn beats Phasma because a random platform just goes up for no reason. -Codebreaker guy has a stupid stutter. And his motivations are dumb. Waste of Benicio. -Poe Dameron stops the First Order fleet by making a Yo-Mama joke at Hux. -Porgs. -Porgs, again. -Luke is capable of being a hologram across the galaxy, which is fine. Kind of a weird Force power. -Luke ends his "epic" "fight" with Kylo Ren by doing a one liner. -Not enough Chewbacca -Force connection to talk to people is ok, I guess. Kind of dumb. But I refuse to believe they can touch each other or water ends up on Kylo's glove. That is impossible. -Rey's Force vision in the cave is really dumb, just snapping and a reflection of herself. -Yoda looked horrible. And he said dumb stuff. Or: Horrible Yoda looked, dumb stuff he said. -Every cool dramatic moment or tension was immediately ruined by a joke. -Salt planet speeder vs. First Order is stupid. Took too long and they would have died.



I'm sure there are more problems I could get on, but I'm too mad to think.

Oh boy, where to start? I'll try to break it down, starting with what I liked:

• The space battles and visuals are great! Dog fights, the ships, the red "salt" at the end...the visual effects department really nailed it!!! Props again to Lucas Arts, they keep pushing the boundaries of Star Wars worlds.

• The actors delivered. With a plot more thin than a brain surgical blade, you can see these guys busted their asses to deliver a good acting. Carrie Fisher is amazing, she seems like a great and respected leader. Oscar Isaac squeezes a fine performance out of a bunch of bad lines. Daisy Ridley is fine again and Adam Driver continues to be cool as the villain in conflict.

Aaaannnd, that's it. That was the good part of this movie. Now to the (endless) bad stuff:

• LUKE: Bad bad choices with the most important JEDI of all time (along Darth Vader an Yoda). It's just unforgivable how they turned the most gifted and last jedi into a secluded bum who refuses to help his own sister. Just disappointing, saving for a little bit at the end (which does not redeem the character)

• REY: Oh my god, what did they do with their leading female character??? The whole Mary Sue stuff of the first movie was already annoying, but now she's a force user who LEARNS EVERYTHING BY HERSELF after Luke does not train her and dies? Plus she bursts alone to face the emperor and the new future "Vader"? And she freaking wins somehow??? C'mon!

• SNOKE: I'm really pissed about this one. Who was this guy? Where did he come from? How did he learn how to use the force? Who trained him? How did he rose to be the master of the First Order? We'll never know anything relevant about a very cool character because he was freaking murdered BEFORE we find out!!!

• KYLO REN: What is he doing in this movie? EXACTLY what he did in the first one. Does he feel bad about killing his own father? Is he the new Vader? What's his relationship with Rey? Why does he hate Luke so much? Nooo, he's just a spoiled child who wants to dominate everything for no apparent reason other than "the dark side is strong in him". And the whole "let's kill the emperor, then you'll join me and we will rule the galaxy" plot is as old as my grandmas socks. Lame.

• CAPTAIN PHASMA: Another cool character flushed down the toiled. Hate as you want the prequels, every secondary character had a decent development and honorable death. This one? Just a poor excuse for a cool toy and 5 minutes of one disposable battle scene.

• FINN: Useless. No development of the character: he's there because he needs to be. His side mission was just dumb.

• ROSE: What's her purpose in this movie? I'm still trying to figure it out.

• GENERAL HUX: Useless. The most important person after Snoke, the military commander of the First Order was turned into an incompetent leader and a punchbag for other characters' jokes. Stupid.

• ALL THE OTHER CHARACTERS: no function at all. Aside from Leia, who we see for the first time as a true force user, the other "classic" characters are completely forgotten and left as decorative memorabilia. They are left without a function and completely disrespected in their canon. No, no just noooo. You cant do that to these guys.

The fuel chase (is this the best these guys could come up with???), the unanswered force questions (what did luke learn in his exile???) , the jedi origin mistery (a bunch of books and a tree, that's it???), the discovery of Rey's lineage (I'm the daughter of two nobodys), it's all a big fat BULLSHIT story who does not deliver any satisfactory answers.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. If you're a true Star Wars fan, you're better off without this one.

Let's be honest. This movie was trash pure trash. Cheap gag after cheap gag. So many one liner jokes that were unforgivable. I skipped the last star wars (thank god for friends telling me to stay away) but this one I couldn't help myself. Saw it and wanted my money back it is that bad.

I don't understand how a simple plot could be stretched into almost 3 hours. Most of the best parts came from a simple 10 second explanation... instead of showing the scene. Why wasn't the ship stealing science made instead of 10 second explanation we stole it...

The rebels are behind a giant door hey guess what there is a battering ram that can blast it open... also if Luke Skywalker used the force to come see the rebels why did he have to enter through the hole in the back like wtf lol.

Also Luke Skywalker died from over exerting while taking a shit . This is last star wars I will see.

Please let this joke disney series to die. Let it die. Just let it die.

I really did want to love this movie and while some scenes really were great, there was so much here that has completely made me lose all hope in star wars.

-Half of this movie is filled unnecessary jokes that fall completely flat. The original trilogy's humor was used sparingly and never felt forced. this movie is filled with it, and even goes as far as to open the movie with a joke that didn't work for me or my mates. Seriously, this movie shows Luke getting green milk out a breast of some creature then drinking it and smiling at Rey, was this suppose to be a joke or was it serious. This was the point where i started losing hope in this movie. Also as soon as Luke gets his lightsaber off Rey, he throws it off a fucking cliff for a laugh. -They hand out force powers like its candy, Leia has never used the force in her life and all of a sudden knows how to get herself out of the situation she was in. Rey is now a better force user than Luke ever was with two lessons. Are you serious? -Snoke, one of the coolest, interesting and most powerful characters in the newest trilogy, is killed off because of what seemed to me like Disney had no idea of who his character was and the part he was suppose to play. seriously its like Disney have no idea of what the direction and story of the new trilogy is and are just making up as they go. -Luke who would do anything to turn his father back to the light side of the force, makes a decision that feels so out of place for his character and is ultimately the reason Ben turned.

• R2 gets one scene with Luke which is probably the most emotional part of the movie.( I really didn"t give a shit that Luke died because of how they handled him) and Chewbacca is only in the movie to interact with porgs and serves no other purpose.

-Casino scenes Chris explains my thoughts exaclty. -Snoke's bodyguards literally danced around Rey and Kylo (have to admit it was a pretty cool scene though) -The whole movie felt like we made zero progress other than Snoke"s very unfortunate death and Kylo taking over as supreme leader. (also Phasma was underutilized once again, such a great actress and her death is pretty much worse than Boba Fett). -So many missed opportunities. there were few times where i felt like the heroes were in danger and when i did, some cliche bullshit happened and they,re okay because this is a Disney movie and every character needs to live. Rey turning and joined with Kylo (which is the path i thought the movie was heading in) would have been so cool to see that and would have left moviegoers with a sense of dread and hopelessness, and would have given me a reason to go see the next in the trilogy. I now literally have no reason to see the next one because every character i cared about is dead or the choices made for them are truly poor and lazy In my opinion. I really don't want to see how this ends because I've seen the typical good verse bad a thousand times before.

As i said, there is a few really cool ideas and scenes here, but there is so many negatives about it that i just cannot call this a Star Wars movie.

What hurt the most was having to come home and tell my Dad, who saw A New Hope three times the day it released and showed me just how much the original trilogy meant to him and others, and tell him that this is the most disappointed i have ever been with a movie.

As a huge fan of Star Wars, I want to love this movie, but I just cant

As a big star wars fan for decade, I felt so angry and sad at the moment when the end credit pop out .. this movie, has so much problem that I don't know how to start with....

*** Spoiler alert *** The opening scene make all the opening scene in the prequel now a classic..... bomber !? seriously? As if we were in some kind of WWII movie!? give me a break!

The scene with Leia floating in space is the most stupid, ugly way to show her force capability...... I almost stand up and yell : WTF!!!

The entire story line of Rey trained with Luke is poorly handle.. it could have been great but why include those care taker plot which aim at providing joke to the audience??? This sequence don't mean to be joke about.....

Snoke.....oh, poor snoke.... all fanboys theory can now be at rest or more precisely described, not care any more... the trick from Kylo is so so stupid.... as powerful as Snoke, I just don't see how could he miss that....

The entire Finn / Rose subplot is totally useless.... C'mon! Casino!!! What is it , a James Bone movie!?!?

The final battle scene........ what the hell are those walker doing!? hmm..... just there to make this look like ESB?

Remote Luke.... it's a good idea and seem to be the only less distracting thing for the entire movie....

No brilliant space battle scene, no classic lightsaber fighting scene (if my memory is correct, not a single crossing of 2 lightsaber ever happen in the entire movie except during the memory scene).

J.J. , now it's your job to move the saga back to the way it should be in Episode IX.... but it would be a huge task as the damage created The Last Jedi is so huge that I doubt it can heal at all....

Luke is dead. Carrie Fisher is dead. Star Wars is dead.

Despite Disney's best efforts to convince us that Star Wars has been re-born, the opposite is true.

Expectant Star Wars fandom Rises and Porg toys to meet it.

What was once a mysterious and captivating mythology set in an enormous and complex universe is now something Jedi actually do use to move Rocks at the crux of the film (despite the writing poking fun at this earlier in the movie) set in a Galaxy where it is now possible to track ships through hyperspace.

With talk of 'Admirals' and "talking to the bridge" as well as commands like "steady on" I was half expecting Luke to beem himself up to the field of battle to save the day at the films climax. Oh wait, he did.

It is now possible for Luke to project a hologram of a younger version (why?) of himself to a far away planet in the galaxy (as well as Lord Voldemort/Golem/Snoke forming a telepathic link between Rey and the uniquely gripping Kylo Ren for the duration of the film) to fight Kylo.......

(At this point the galaxy feels like it stretches from your own front drive to your next door neighbours back garden)

.....long enough to stall the incoming bombardment of AT-ATT walkers to let Rey move rocks so the Resistance, today apparently reborn as the Rebellion (why are they now called the rebellion again?) can escape.

This film had a lot of stalling. Poe Dameron stalls Hux with a classic (ha ha) phone prank.

The films centrepiece involved the Resistance ships stalling their demise by flying slightly ahead of the First Order through Space for 18 hours (or however long it was) while the token Black character Finn and the token Asian character Rose went on an entirely uninspiring, un-enjoyable and ultimately completely pointless 'adventure' that felt more like watching a Harry Potter film than Star Wars.

HAS IT OCCURED TO ANYONE THAT THE FIRST ORDER COULDVE FLOWN INTO HYPERSPACE TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF WHERE THE RESISTENCE WERE AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED THEM EXTREMELY EASILY WITHIN SECONDS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I cannot believe an entire film was built around such a ridiculous chase through the galaxy that could've been ended within the time it took The First Order to go into hyperspace and re-appear the other side of the resistance.

Along side Hyperspace tracking, we now have given birth to surely a new exciting breed of Star Wars Space ships: Suicide Hyperspace Bombers (It was a stunning scene to be fair)

I fully expect the next film to have token Arabs (thus further expeanding Disney's worldwide appeal and bottom line) piloting their J-wings through other ships via hyperspace to destroy them.

The Star Wars Universe has stalled.

This was really disappointing. Heartbreaking. Devastating.

I watched it three times in the cinema to give myself a well rounded perspective.

Aside from the fantastic performance of Driver as a conflicted and interesting character with a well developed back-story, an entertaining opening sequence and a great "Emporer-Vader-Luke in ROTJ" esque- "Snoke-Kylo-Rey" sequence, this film feels uneventful and pretty pointless.

Luke Skywalker is a pitiful, shameful shadow of his former self which is just so sad to see. Leia force flying through space was weird. We didn't find out who Snoke was. We didn't find out who Rey's parents were We didn't find out what had happened to Luke's lightsaber Phasma was killed off proving what a pointless and boring character she was. Maz was cut out almost entirely proving what a terrible character she was. Benetio Del Toro' character is out of place. Rose is just awful. Carrie Fisher's daughter and the old Resistance woman were very annoying

I honestly do not care how this Trilogy ends.

Perhaps episode 9 should be titled:

Star Wars: Disney's Harvest.

Bring back the Prequels.

1/10

"Thought it was a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. A magical power holding together good and evil, the dark side and the light. Crazy thing is... it's true. All of it".

So said Han Solo in The Force Awakens. It turns out, though, that Disney *do* think it's all a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. The only thing they believe in is making money. Lots of it. And boy, there's lots to be made by selling little penguin lookalikes so cute they turn even poor Chewbacca into a life long vegan. Why worry about the story, the script, the acting, the plot, you know, the stuff that makes a movie really great and enjoyable to watch, when you can milk a generation of newly minted fans for soft toys for the rest of their pre-pubescent lives?

And the sad part is that I know all that and I still suffered two and half hours of this awful film in utter disbelief and didn't ask for my money back after it was over. I suspect we have all been turned to the dark side of the Force and enslaved by the Empire - except in our galaxy they go by the more innocent sounding name 'Disney'.

I won't bother with the details of why this movie was so bad. The atrocious dialog, the cringe-worthy and ill-timed attempts at humor, the gaping plot holes, and the wooden acting could all have been forgiven if the movie had not been turned into a caricature of itself. But the director and writer Rian Johnson managed to achieve this feat by poking fun at all of Star Wars characters and themes and stripping them of any deep philosophical, moral, or intellectual meaning. Meet the new Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck: Luke Skywalker and Supreme Leader Snoke.

It's a good thing Han Solo died in the previous installment of this declining franchise. After seeing this one, he may have started to once again question his belief in the Force.

I wish I could give this garbage zero stars. And make no mistake, that's exactly what this film is, no matter what the glowing reviews tell you. I would greatly appreciate your time in reading my extensive review so I can tell you exactly why this film makes Star Wars, from here on out, dead to me. As a political scientist, I want to warn that I'll be focusing on criticizing the underlying toxic concepts and agenda that are pervasive in this film, rather than the plethora of other faults that have already been pointed out by reviewers and non-paid off people alike. Yes, the film is bloated; yes, it shares visual and narrative similarities with The Empire Strikes Back; yes, it delivers absolutely no character development; yes, the plot has more glaring holes than Swiss cheese; yes, the humour is completely off and unnecessary; yes, Luke Skywalker is ruined and dies because he ran out of Mana points; yes, Kylo Ren still throws temper tantrums that try to present him as a nuanced, conflicted character but instead fail spectacularly; yes, Rey is a blatant Mary Sue; and yes, everything about this film is pointless and consequently doesn't make sense. And it's 2017: I am no longer impressed with beautiful visuals, the technical spectacle of CGI, and cool explosions. I never cared about it anyway, and now I especially don't because it's a standard of modern filmmaking. So if these are counted among the actual positives of this film, that's just pathetic. But I basically want to do a post-mortem and examine why this film ended up being so thoroughly disappointing and is causing backlash. In my opinion, it's because everyone, from the creators to the viewers, is more concerned about being politically correct than having a thought provoking, engaging story with memorable characters and a good, emotionally involving plot. It's like this new Star Wars trilogy was conceived in the boardroom of a disgustingly lucrative and intrusive media corporation that has the power to shape people's minds, particularly young impressionable ones. Or something.

Have been a "Star Wars" fan since I was a 5 year old boy and grew up with the prequels, which at the time, were receiving a tonne of hate! I love the prequels and the story in which they tell. Yes, it was no where near as action packed and dramatic as the Original Trilogy, which I love as well by the way, but it was telling to story of a time before the Empire, before the struggle, which meant that the prequels had meaning. I booked tickets for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" for a midnight Gold Class session at Crown Casino in Melbourne the morning they were released! This was probably 4-5 months in advance also, booking a hotel room for the night. The build up to this movie was huge, similar to "The Force Awakens" and probably every other "Star Wars" movie before it, however I was too little to be apart of it. I sat there, extremely nervous, waiting for the "A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy far far away" to appear, and BANG! The theme song begins and we were away! Like all Star Wars films, the beginning was a space scene which turned into the Resistance running away from The First Order! I really did enjoy the first 10 minutes or so, with Poe featuring his incredible flying ability taking care of his targets with ease! However, fast forward 10 minutes and all of a sudden it does not feel the same. The Star Wars feel I get when watching the first 6 episodes just was not present (It faded in and out of ep 7). The story was quite pointless IMO and I feel all the questions which were asked in, The Force Awakens, were either answered with disappointment or, were answered by creating a new branch of questions. Here is a list of Questions, Pros and Cons (my opinion of course):

• There were some funny scenes however, most of it was forced and was not Star Wars humour
• Still don't understand what was wrong with Luke, how a hero of the originals could just abandon Han, Leia and the "Resistance"
• Is Kylo Ren completely evil? They teased both sides and I still have no idea. He chose not to kill his mother, killed Snoke, helped Rey yet, still wanted power of The First Order and maintained his will to kill his old master, Luke Skywalker.
• Leia can fly...? I really hated that scene (no disrespect to Carrie Fisher)
• I don't know if I wasn't paying attention at the time but who took control of the ship after Leia was unconscious?
• The guy that helped save Po and the asian looking female, what was with him? He helped save them, and then gave them up, and then we don't know if he lives or dies?
• Who in the hell is Snoke? (Yes, I know he is the "Supreme Leader", but who the fuck is he)
• Why was Snoke killed so easily?
• The fight scenes were made poorly and I still don't understand how Rey is so strong in combat.

I could go on and on but I will leave it here for now as I want to watch it a second time to make sure I'm not crazy and it wasn't because I had such high hopes the first time I watched!

Background: life long Star Wars fan, grew up with the prequels, love the OT, liked TFA and loved Rogue One.

The Last Jedi was terrible. I would rather watch Attack of the Clones a hundred times over than watch this disaster of a movie again. Between the hatchet job on Luke's character and his arc in the OT, the forced comedy and tonal issues, Rey's force abilities being completely unexplained (I think they are changing the force into a superpower that requires literally no training now based on the scene with the kid at the end), the heavy handed shoehorning-in of the "next generation" characters who I find to be completely underdeveloped, unlikable, and annoying, offing Snoke without any backstory or answers. And the biggest WTF moment which was Leia flying through space and turning what at first I thought would have been an acceptable sendoff for Carrie into one of the most weirdest and distracting scenes in the entire franchise. Even Laura Dern was disappointing, there was something about the way she acted her character that was off-putting and didn't really work for me. This movie was an absolute trainwreck. It felt like TFA and TLJ had completely different tones to the point that it was distracting. The way TLJ handled force powers and Rey's unbelievably fast transition into force-god makes me feel like this universe is cannibalizing its own rules and the dissonance between the 3 trilogies is reaching ridiculous levels.

My issues with Luke's character in TLJ is that he faced down Palpatine and Vader in the OT, always believing there was good in Vader and successfully redeeming his father. Seeing the good in others is central to Luke's character. Kylo Ren has done absolutely nothing to earn the same level of respect story-wise and from the audience as Palpatine and Vader. He's a nothing, a poser. That has been established by TFA. So Luke's conflict with Ren feels so...wrong. It doesn't make sense. He was being manipulated as a teen by Snoke, and Jedi Master Luke couldn't do anything about it and actually considered murdering him in his sleep before Ben even attempted anything? After everything he accomplished in the OT? Are you kidding me? TLJ not only retroactively makes TFA worse, but also makes the character journeys of both Luke and Anakin less meaningful.

I can't be the only one extremely annoyed that they never bothered to flesh out the New Republic AT ALL? Or at least explain how Snoke was able to create such a strong military in the shadows to be able to overthrow the government? Now that the writers established that Snoke was a joke deserving no background or context in lore with his anticlimactic death, we're supposed to believe that the New Republic was just that weak and incompetent?

Positives: Benecio Del Toro, the creatures, seeing Mark Hamill again even if his character was butchered. I'm glad Rey's parents ended up being a nonfactor, I was holding my breath thinking the movie was going to disappoint me further with an awful reveal.

I miss George. The Sequel Trilogy is severely lacking in the coherent vision and themes present in both the Original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy.

I'll tell ya quickly why The Last Jedi sucks...Aside from the Rey/Kylo "Force Skype" which was totally ridiculous. So Luke never got his happy ending, ya see, he struggled SO much - his aunt & uncle were burned alive, his mentor Ben Kenobi is murdered, his hand gets chopped off, his evil father dies. He's had SO much misery, it'd be nice to see him 30 yrs later happy, with a wife & a few kids maybe? But no, it was all for nothing. Luke's reward for all those acts of heroism is to die alone on an Island, never getting married, never finding happiness, & not having any cool lightsaber battles. Mark Hamill is pissed I'm sure.

I might have thought "The Force Awakens" was slightly disappointing when I first saw it. Well, I must change my mind. From the unfortunate perspective of a viewer of "The Last Jedi", I feel obliged to reconsider my previous opinion. The first movie of this unnecessary postmodern Star Wars trilogy seems like a masterpiece if compared to the absolute tragedy of the last chapter. Cheap humor? Incoherent dialogs? Clichés? What happened to Star Wars, the innovative, mindblowing, legendary franchise that made poeple dream, shiver and sigh? Nothing more than the mere name survives. The authentic vibe of the old trilogies is now so irremediably lost under a pile of easily sellable garbage, that not even a miraculous change in the next chapter could bring it back to life. Which is bitterly ironic, considering that the only purpose "The Last Jedi" seems to be aiming to is to live shamefully in the light of the six glorious prequels (yes, even "The Phantom Menace"). On a less sentimental ground, I must add that, incredibly, the plot of this new movie does not add anything new or meaningful to Chapter VII. The only substantially unexpected events (Snoke's death and Luke's poetic dissolution into the Force) are, but I am not even surprised anymore, treated without the necessary emphasis or the dramatic touch that these moments need. On the other hand, useless characters (I am referring to those played by Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro) and CGI monstrosities (crystal foxes, screaming penguin/hamsters or whatever they are) spend way too much time on the screen. And then one last, unforgivable error : Yoda. Why did they have to use the grotesque, puppet-like figure of the Jedi master which appeared in the first trilogy, while the little green hero as portrayed in the second one was a renowned success worthy of imitation? There are too many questions to be answered regarding this movie, while in the past the only one was : "when will I watch the next chapter of Star Wars?". Today, I don't even want to know if and when Chapter IX will be out. My conclusion is deeply pessimistic and personally surprising :one can undoubtedly say these last two movies were ineffective and trivial, but they did have at least a relevant effect, that is killing the most perfect science fiction saga of all time.

This is the second film ive walked out on in my life, i was actually bored and nodded off at one point.

The opening sequence has Poe taking on a star destroyer and knocking out the turrets by himself, eh? The movie had just started and i was already questioning what was going on.

There was a scene where Leia is blasted into space, starts to freeze then flies back into a rebel ship. What? ive read similar scenes in various Star Wars books where Luke has put himself into a force induced coma till rescue arrives.. but thats Luke. I feel like someone has read a few SW books and thought 'thats cool we can do that, oh and that and this' forgetting that none of it fits in with the rules of the jedi in the movies.

The two way conference call between Ray and Kylo was used far too much and this is what forced me to leave

Finally how can yoda turn himself from a ghost into an apparrant solid life form?

I want to enjoy movies not sit and turn into Annie Wilkes and say 'that didnt happen in the last movie, you cant do that'....

If you do go to see it, book the best and most comfortable seats in the cinema as its an absolute bore fest.

0/10

An honest review from a NON Star Wars fan

The scene where Luke throws his light saber away sums up the film pretty well. Legacy themes and characters are ridiculed throughout the movie. For sure it's a different approach, full of twists and unusual turns but none of them adds anything positive to the story. Plot constituents are snatched away one by one and replaced with ... cheap humor, lame dialogues or stupid loopholes (how Rose & Finn on the ship conveniently survive the blast and kill Phasma is just one of the worst WTF moment).

The Last Jedi falls short of epicness (ridiculously small scale battles), consistency and most of all pace. The new protagonists are just ... dull. I couldn't care less if they were to die before the credits or in the next episode. This mediocre sci-fi flick gets even boring at times, far from the thrilling Rogue One.

Hux & Ren are the worst pair of vilains ever : clumsy & moronical. The empire (first order sorry) had never been disrespected before TLJ, and neither had the whole Star Wars universe.

edit : to those claiming that the movie is attacked by trolls or angry fans just take a look at other sources like local sites where rates are even lower. In France TLJ is rated 7/10 by critics and 6/10 by the audience.The people who "LOVED" this farce of a film can only be found on Facebook on the official pages. Some Reddit users pretend that when seeing it a second time, the flaws wash over you, but it still doesn't deserve any praise. Disney may not care about the last part though.

So our resistant heroes continue their fight against the Second Empire. Not much really happens unless you consider killing off various characters significant. (Admiral Ackbar!!) No real answers or explanations to any of Abrams "mystery box" storytelling. Who's Snoke? Dunno. Who's Rey? Nobody. Long winded and filled with awkward humour (Luke milking a thing) and pointless adventures. (Finn's trip to a space casino which ends up accomplishing exactly nothing) Filled with confusing story telling where characters turn bad (or good) and back again for no reason and people show up out of the blue with no explanation as to how they got there. (How did Rey meet up with Chewie again?) Like Han in the last film Luke is really only in it to pass the torch and is just treated in an embarrassing manner. Strangely Leia survives and I'm expecting her to be written out in the opening crawl for the next one. These new movies are written in a TV variety style where characters and things show up for a round of applause and then go away.( "And now...heeeeeres YODA!) These new movies are more in the style of the Star Wars Holiday Special than the original movies. Frankly it's just weird. (P.S. the Harry Potter-esque final scene was the most Un-Star Wars scene ever)

I'm sorry but this movie just isn't starwars. For one, there was WAY TOO MUCH comedy. So much so, it made the serious scenes have much less of an impact. The comedy style had a Guardians of the Galaxy sort of feel to it, but it didn't fit in a STARWARS movie.

Secondly, there was very little continuity with previous Starwars movies. Suddenly, Jedi can now use the force to project holograms, and can communicate with each other that way instead of just with a voice inside their heads. Also, somehow the insane amount of power that is tied to the Skywalker bloodline is now meaningless, or at the very least a huge contradiction.

Which brings me to .. Thirdly, how in hell is ray so powerful? It doesn't make sense. In the previous movie, she bested Kylo Ren literally right after just discovering she had force powers, and with NO TRAINING AT ALL. Now, she manages to get the better of Luke freaking Skywalker ... seriously? Again with NO TRAINING!

In the old movies, Luke looks totally pathetic when he was training. Both Yoda and Kenobi were vastly superior with their skills compared to Luke, and it was a little reminiscent in that way of old school kung fu movies. Luke had to gradually progress and EARN his skills. However, in these new movies, there is no reason for Ray to train and no need for her to improve because she is already greater than everyone in the galaxy. She is just right of the box the greatest thing to ever exist. It's stupid!

This movie feels like it was written for the spoiled millennial generation only. The generation that wants greatness without actually having to work for it or earn it. The generation that chooses shortcuts over hard work and discipline, every time.

IF you're the type of person who cheats on tests, or did steroids as soon as you started working out, you might like this movie. If you're the type of person who doesn't care at all about the continuity with previous movies in the series, and the overuse of comedy where it doesn't fit at all doesn't bother you, then yeah, you might like this pile of filth.

P.S. all three of the prequels blow this film out of the water.

Light spoilers...

I'm going to be brief. New story in VII and VIII is just not good. It makes prequels look well writen and structured. Only thing that keeps me watching is the fan service. Once they reuse and kill all my beloved childhood characters, I just might loose interest. Anyway who really wanted to actually see them die?

Last thing - Luke just won't even consider killing somebody, that is just so out of character. I feel so sorry for Mark Hammil and I understand now why he hated the script...

Luke is and ever will be the central character in Star Wars. In my heart I'm just sticking with Timothy Zahns books in expanded universe, thank you very much...

Where do I start? What a joke of a film this is Disney just cashing in on the original trilogy but in there way. The whole thing is a disaster how on earth are critics saying this is good they must be paid simple. To say the script was disjointed is a understatement it's awful, even Luke Skywalker was not the same character in any way. To even mention the villains would be a waste of time. To me Star Wars ended on Return of the Jedi.

I was really looking forward to this movie, especially with all the critics singing it praises ie better than empire strikes back.

What can I say. It is just garbage. i started to find myself forgiving the bombing run in space??? But by the time we got to flying space leia I just gave in.

the whole movie was about running away in slow motion which made no sense. Nothing happened and there was hardly any action.

Then there was the weird Rey and Kylo force FaceTime which was pointless.

I could go on but others have said it better.

Utter garbage and I am a Star Wars fan.

Well, as they say, all good things must come to an end. Before I get into my review I will say this, I am a HUGE Star Wars fan, whilst Rogue 1 and TFA were not perfect, they had that Star Wars feel, this does not. It genuinely breaks my heart to have to say this, but I hated a Star Wars movie, I spent most of the movie trying to convince myself it was ok. In the 3-4 hours I've had since leaving that hope has gone and I'm bitter. Here goes:

1. The overall story is trash, it's centred around the lamest concept ever. A literal crawl through space whilst we wait for them to run out of fuel... seriously. Who the f**k thought that should be the grand centrepiece for a SW film.

2. The "subplot". It's the most pointless, contrived piece of s**t I've ever seen. They go to a casino planet, sounds cool right? Could be some cool aliens, right? Could see some cool space gambling, right? No. It's a casino. Have you seen Las Vegas, its that, with less f**king freaks. Why do they go there? To find a code breaker, on the word of Maz Kanata. Poe gambles the last of the resistance on finding some random guy by his lapel pin on the word of a terribly CGI-ed Maz. Ok. The worst of all, besides the rest of the s**t that happens on the planet (which is both numerous and terrible) it's all completely pointless. They don't achieve their objective and if they did, it wouldn't have mattered anyway because the resistance already had a plan, they just don't like sharing... 0/10, worst SW storyline ever.

3. Everybodies a nobody. Member Snoke, yeah he's no one. Member Rey, yeah she's no one. Member Finn, yeah he's no one. The porgs are more fleshed out characters than half the t**ts in this film. The less said on Snoke the better.

4. The First Order. The biggest bunch of losers, led by the king of the Ls. Seriously, these guys are the most inept bunch of morons in cinema history. Kylo has no credibility because he constantly loses, he's pathetic. Unless the end of the final film is him killing Rey and ruling the galaxy then he's pointless. He's lost more times to her than Luke's had weird green titty milk. The FO Stormtroopers are so so so bad. They cannot do anything well. Captain Phasma is like Boba Fetts simple cousin, another member of the First Order suck fest.

5. New force powers. Apparently the force can now allow you to survive in space, fly about like iron man and make realistic holograms of yourself.

There's tons more s**t so I'm going to rattle some more off:

• No mention of the knights of Ren
• Poe singlehandedly wrecks a dreadnought with an x wing.
• Introduced Holdo as the successor to Leia, dies almost instantly.
• Gave Admiral Ackbar a paupers death
• Chewie was pointless
• Most of the aliens look like s**t
• CGI is trash
• No one replies to SOS despite receiving it, basically saying the galaxy don't give a shit, so why fight to help them?
• Ex machine by the boat load. Executioners?

Tried way too hard to push random non-Star Wars agendas. All rich people are scum. Wars are all about money (yet want us to be invested in this Star War...). There's other s**t but I can't be bothered.

Finally, F**K all the reviewers writing s**t like "this is as good if not better than RotJ", it's not even the phantom menace. You are the reason companies can churn s**t out and you are deceiving you're audience. Secondly, F**K the execs who allow garbage like this to be made. How anyone could sign off on some of the decisions this trash made is ridiculous. Finally, F**K Ryan Johnson, you've killed this trilogy and made the worst SW movie ever, congrats. DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO MAKE A NEW TRILOGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SPOILER ALERT!!! Just came back from seeing the last Star Wars Movie after the deja vu experience that was The Force Awakens. I deeply love most that is the Star Wars Universe, I, however, hate what bad writing is doing to it. I understand there is only so much depth that you can put into a 2 hour movie which also has to appeal to a young audience but some of the writing choices are just baffling to me. The look, feel and sound are pretty much spot on. As soon as the picture roles I am back in the SW Universe. Modern technology only makes it easier for us to enjoy it. But my lord the plot holes and bad logic used. SPOILER!!! Ok let me get this right for Ryan, the writer. You CANNOT let an untrained Jedi (however powerful and force intuitive as she may be BEAT an experienced SIth Apprentice whose power is some of the most terrifying that we have seen (which is ridiculous in its own right) and then turn on his master without him sensing it while he was using force powers to the likes we have not seen so far on the girl WHO BEAT HIM IN THE PREVIOUS MOVIE!!! That's not HOW THAT F****** WORKS!!! Another one. You CANNOT fly a rebellion cruiser at light speed into an Imperial Star Destroyer. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!! THEN WHY NOT USE AUTO PILOTED CRUISERS AND TAKE OUT THE WHOLE FIRST ORDER!!! 9WHY ARE YOU HIGHLY PAID TO WRITE THIS!!!) Another one Jedi aren't gods. They cannot just wake up in space because the force will not allow them to die. THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS!!!! This is just lazy writing. The writer (and director) has no real idea of what story he wants to tell. No real direction. He makes some stuff up and then leaves all logic at the door when certain key points come up. I love Star Wars, I truly deeply love it. I love the concept of the Jedi and the Sith and how there is balance in all of it (I believe balance is the key in and to everything in the real world). I am tired of leaving the theatre in frustration because of bad script writing. I am not an anal film critic who wants some life altering experience every time he sits down in a theatre. I, however, do want it all to at least make some sense.

With this movie I say farewell to my beloved franchise. I have followed the saga and its Universe since I was born. Like many of you, blood runs deep through me when it comes to Star Wars; but Disney has gone to far with Episode 8 (I wanted to leave at times or vomit). TFA was a crappy reboot movie of a somewhat questioned franchise (all thanks to old fanboys of the originals hating the prequels just because they had to see new stuff&CGI; which I prefer if they enhance my experience). Yet Rogue One brought some great intense depth to very important events around the time the original trilogy takes place.

Lets start by saying my biggest concern with TFA was its lack of originality, which TLJ has a bit too much of, hence needless to say I had some expectations with the latest installment. Some where met, like: 1)amazing space battles, 2)ground battles, 3)Luke & Rey and 4)Surprisingly Snoke. The rest is a completely unintelligible mix of scenes and absurd comedic script. Just to name a few: 1)Stupid jokes with Poe&Hux at the beginning, 2)Leia surviving in space & reaching to the ship, 3)Phasma, 4)Yoda's return is disgusting and insulting, 5)Killing of the Jedi with no explanations, 6)Killing Snoke, 7)Killing Ackbar just so we can have another female lead with Holdo, 8)Mutiny, 9)Luke's weird death, 10)Rey's parents, 11)Cruiser chase 12) Lame Kids with rebellion rings, 13) No R-2 (all in favor of BB-8 rise) and (biggest BS) 14)Stupid Canto-Bait subplot with Finn (Imo he had to die in TFA), Rose (which I actually liked her character) and an awkward looking hobo (The plan fails btw) in some futuristic Vegas Casino.

Lightsaber battles where fun to watch, but wouldn't watch them again. AND OF COURSE the biggest concern with the movie: PORGS!!! They are AWESOME (Im not being sarcastic). I had fun with these little bird creatures and I approve of them (as with crystal foxes).

Still no explanation about the state of the galaxy and its turmoil. I bet we will get a comic or a new TV series about it just so they can make a quick buck.

Score: Not memorable and nothing new (stick to original or prequel music)

People praise Mark's acting, I found it just ok. Daisy is better than in TFA but still "meh" and Adam is probably the best actor of all the cast&crew (and it shows). The rest are "ok". No one is getting an Oscar for their performance. I'm no director or screenwriter, but there has to be some sort of control over these new directors and writers taking over (Where is Pablo Hidalgo when we need him?). Who seriously thought Rian Johnson has the ability to carry on this monumental task?! His movies suck!!! They are horrible to say the least and now we have to expect a new trilogy from this guy? I will not be watching that for sure. Other concern is the critics: did they watch the same movie I just saw? How is it that great? Attack of the Clones was better structured than this. And sadly, Star Wars is just an ATM now working exclusively for Disney. I would expect from such a respected and famous company to treat their property with love&care and not burn it to the ground as they have done with 7&8. But in the end CASH is all that matters.

3/10. 1pt for the few things I liked, 1pt because of Porgs and 1pt due that BF2 odd looking compass appears.

Verdict: Go Watch under your own Risk. Im sticking with episodes 1-6 & Rogue One + TV shows as cannon. Everything related to sequels is utterly dead to me. I won't return for IX.

The character of Luke Skywalker is so clearly developed in the original trilogy. He shows up to help his friends and family when in need, no matter what and at any cost. He repeatedly makes selfless, morally sound decisions. He sees goodness in people when nobody else does, even in Darth Vader. To now portray him as a cynical, sarcastic, grumpy old hermit who had it cross his mind to murder his nephew in his sleep (he sensed darkness!) and then isolate himself on an island "to die" and avoid cleaning up the mess he made of his nephew makes no sense, even with the flashback explanation given.

The same goes for Jedi. Their awesome power lies in cool force abilities and light sabers - ONLY on a SUPERFICIAL level. What really distinguishes a Jedi and makes those characters magical and awesome is their certain noble way of being - that is calm, courageous, and clear-minded in any situation. Despite the movie's title, there is no Jedi to be seen in this film.

As for the "baddies," we have two incompetent, bickering rage-a-holics left in Hux and Ren. They are sure good at screaming. Despite Adam Driver's jaw-dropping talent, the Kylo Ren character's primary traits remain confusion and rage. He has no clear direction and thus no real power, no intimidating presence. He's an unsympathetic crybaby and he's going to lose every time, as he has until now.

There is so much confusion in the characters overall - and just as much at the end of this second movie as in the beginning. It's likely a reflection of the way the trilogy is being pieced together with multiple writers and no real collaboration between them in creating the characters and story arcs. Rey, Luke, Ren, Poe, Finn... great characters who have no idea what they want in this mess. Snoke, Holdo, and Leia were the most powerful, driven characters in the movie and the only ones who weren't confused at all... alas, those ships have sailed.

There were some other aspects to the film that were less than ideal storytelling, or didn't feel right in a Star Wars film, but honestly, I can let everything else slide. The nonsensical discarding of Luke, the Jedi, and the Force had me walking out of the theater feeling tired, hollow and sad, even though I enjoyed and was entertained by many parts of the movie.

This movie truly "lets the past die, kills it if it must." It takes us down a glittery new beautiful CGI path with awesome twists, effects, and the sights and sounds of Star Wars but missing the heart and soul of it. That's a path I'm not really interested in following.

The film was beyond being a disappointment , it was literally a mockery of human intelligence. They did not even tried to put something on the screen, they are just abusing the legacy of Star Wars and taking advantage of modern film technologies. Here are the reasons for this deduction:

1-Film lacks the continuity as if 50 different authors had written an another scene and the have put them chronologically. There is no real story writing not even an imitation of Empire Strikes Back.

2-Nothing is explained: who is Snoke what lies behind his story? how the republic formed and how its political organization was? where is the resources and planets controlled by the First Order? what is their real motivation to exist? Who actually rules core planets of the lore like Corusant, Naboo or other Inner-Mid Rim Planets?

3- Explanations to other highly wondered questions were just disappointing. How Kylo turned to dark side? who were the parents of Rey? What role Luke will play during Rey's training?

4- They are not capable to understand the fact that star wars is not an action movie nor solely a science-fiction/fantasy. Star wars is an history of an another Galaxy with sub-lines, 5000 years of story. People admire this movie because of its depth, complexity and intelligent fiction.

Please Disney and J.J. Abrams; leave Star Wars where it was and ruin it. Do not consider 7-10 years of age as your potential spectators. Do not think we would go to cinema just because it is Star Wars. Fire your producer, your authors and read some ORIGINAL STAR WARS

Before all, my other star wars ratings:

Ep I 7 eP 2 5 eP 3 10 ep 4 10 ep 5 8 ep 6 9 ep 7 8 rogue one 10

As you can see, i dont hate new movies. Really like the last two. Bud this is really a bad movie.

• Leiah resusitate like Superman in space, and came back to the space ship in the most stupid and horrible way ever. Never saw a Jedi come back from dead, or survive in space.

• Remember last powerfull scene with Luke and Ray handling the Light Saber? They make it a really stupid scene

• TOOOOO many jokes, braking climax all the time

-The plot itself its stupid, with a fucking giant ship following 3 small ships during hours....

• Music doesnt deliver anything

Honestly i really dont understand how could they make such a bad movie. I will never see it again, traing to think it was a bad nightmare and that i wake up with a decent Episode 9.

Unlike many people I didn't mind 'The Force Awakens'. Its purpose was to set up a new trilogy and introduce us to new characters, which I think it did very well. Though it took very few risks and was very similar to 'A New Hope', it had reasons for it.

Now we move onto 'The Last Jedi'. I was very excited to see this film, especially after the stunning trailer that was released a few months back. There was so much to explore and so many questions to be answered. I wanted to see these characters we were introduced to in the previous film to develop further. I was expecting a story that would thrill me and leave me on the edge of my seat. That unfortunately didn't happen.

Though this film is visually stunning and the score is as always incredible, it has one major flaw. The story/writing. I think a big reason for this is that Rian Johnson wanted to create his version of Star War, and although that results in some interesting ideas, it also discards a lot of what was set up in 'The Force Awakens'.

The Good - I enjoyed the dynamic between Rey and Kylo Ren, as well as Luke's conflicting feelings about the use of the force and the way of the Jedi. The clashing of ideologies, and the inner conflicts of these characters made for some very engaging and interesting scenes. I also thought there were some well directed and visually stunning scenes, particularly when either of these 3 characters were present. However, thats where the good ends.

The Bad - The film never seems to move forward. Finn and Rose's plot line was very cringe worthy, and impacts the plot in no way whatsoever. The only thing there subplot had going for it was exploring the themes relating to weapons dealing (which was not explored enough to have any impact on the story or characters). Benicio Del Toro's character was interesting, particularly with his ideologies, but was criminally underused. Phasma was also a let down. I thought after the previous film she might go out seeking revenge or at least become somewhat more of a threat to the main characters. Unfortunately not.

Also, most of the film involves a rebel ship trying to outrun a large imperial vessel. Poe and Leia were great to watch, but nothing significant really happened. The scene where Leia returns to the ship using the force seemed out of place and didn't really fit with what we've seen in previous films. I also thought had she died it would have been much more impactful. It's also worth noting, the entire subplot with Finn could have been avoided had the Vice Admiral put in charge actually told her plan to the crew. As an audience member, her sacrifice had no emotional weight whatsoever, and her character kinda just appeared and was used up very quickly. Also, how is it there just so happens to be a rebel base right below the rebel fleet. Very fortunate.

Then we move on to Snoke. In 'The Force Awakens' we believe him to be a huge threat. A menace whose intentions we are keen to discover. When we see him in this film, he demonstrates his immense power. Then he is killed off as if he was of no importance whatsoever. This results in multiple issues in my opinion. It diminishes the set up that was built in the previous film. It means we are unlikely to discover why he formed the First Order, where he came from or what his intentions with Kylo were. Kylo is an interesting character, and I thought it would have been interesting to build up his inner conflict even further. Instead he becomes the main overruling villain, replacing Snoke. the problem is his character doesn't suit that role in my opinion. He works better as a conflicted character, and now he has become leader of the First Order, he is stuck in the villain role. So, we're right back where we started. The First Order and the Rebellion are on equal playing fields, and nothing significant has really changed or developed. Also, how did Rey learn to use the force so quickly? It belittled her development a somewhat substantial amount.

Overall, I'm quite disappointed in this movie. It has some high highs, but at the cost of some very low lows. I would probably watch it again as it was somewhat entertaining and had some interesting scenes, but I consider it to be a bad film and I can't say I have high hopes for the next instalment. I feel very let down by this film, which is a shame because after 'Rogue One' I know Disney can do so much better.

So much potential. Wasted.

I really wanted this movie to have a backbone, do something different, suprise me. No, it plays out pretty much as expected. The only suprise was I thought it was worse than Force Awakens.

Apart from the by-the-numbers plot, I couldn't help noticing stupid issues,

- A room of about a hundred stormtroopers and they all die except Finn?

- Red water (salt?) exploding from the ice and none lands on their ships, hell they didn't even close their windows.

- Rey magically appearing back on the Falcon?

- Luke giving Solos bracelet to Leia, bit cruel knowing it was going to fade away, just as well she just discarded it anyway.

I just watched the movie about 3 hours ago and seeing so much good review I simply can't understand them. So let me give you my opinion on it.

The first scene is just so wrong on so many level:

1. make fun of the empire by mocking a general, that way the empire is no more to be afraid of 2. destroy all turret of an amiral level destroyer with a single slightly modified x-wing going against all previous rules 3. Hear the sound of spaceships in space from the planet... 4. Survives a few minutes in space... And that is just the few very first scenes.

This is also one of the rare movie in which I remarked technical problem between scenes. People not being at the same place 1/3rd of a second after, etc.. I generally never detect this kind of issue in a movie. So that must be really huge coordination problem here.

In some scene, I was more in a disney movie for children than in a Star Wars.

I couldn't relate to any character. Lot of detail didn't make any sense to me as well as many character decisions.

Not everything is to be thrown away though. There are very good scenes and ideas too. For example, Laura Dern was just great, and its last scene in the movie is quite beautiful and creative. I also enjoyed some actions and special effects which are generally quite pleasing. But there were very good occasions to make a great movie, and all of them were lost, so in the end, that is not a movie I think I'll remember.

So if you are ok to look at a Disney movie, go for it you'll be happy. If you want to watch a Star Wars movie "à la" Rogue One. Then, you better not watch this movie.

I just got back after watching the last jedi and i still dont really know if i found this movie good or bad.

First the things i liked;

• The space battles looked amazing.
• The lightsaber battles were very well done
• I liked the character rey much more this time, i hated her in TFA. Still not my favorite char tho.
• Most of the jokes were funny, i really laughed about chewie with the porgs.
• most of the acting was well done imo.

Things i didnt liked:

• The chase the cruiser plot that dragged on far 2 long imo.
• The whole rebellion fits on 1 cruiser? how can they even be a threat to the first order that seems to have a endless supply of star destroyers and even bigger ships.
• New republic gone, first order rules and this gets just glossed over except for 1 sentence in the title crawl. I would like to see abit more of the political state of the galaxy to explain the rebels/first order further.
• Snoke dying like a wimp and we still dont know anything about him. Most useless villain ever. General Hugs and kylo almost equally useless.

-The Finn/Rose plot without any payoff. This part of the movie felt very forced, just to give finn something to do.

• Again this movie felt very sjw-ish just like TFA.

Overall i just be glad once disney finishes this trilogy and can move on to something completely new. The whole rebel / empire/first order starts to get really boring and without resolution in sight. Same for the jedi / sith story, seems like ive seen it all before.

Gave this creation 10/10 before actually watching it. Afterwards decrease it to 5/10 and this morning after sleeping on it decided to put an end to this with 2/10 with anger and sadness in my heart.

Unfortunately I have had a really high (new) hope for Star Wars universe after TFA and RO but Disney managed to ruin it, as usual.

There is no fear and trembling from the main bad guy (Snoke), and Luke is the same foolish young one apprentice of Yoda as he was in episode V only with more power and beard. First couple of scenes were naive and copied from various movies (Matrix, Superman etc.) but after the throwing lightsabre over shoulder everything went downhill.

Sorry guys but they (Disney) just crapped all over our believes and expectations.

First of all, big fan of Star Wars. But this just killed the whole saga... Compared to this, Rogue One is a proper masterpeace. People wold think that they have learned from the Episode 7 disaster. Going to the theather my only Hope (pun intended), was that it wont be that bad. It was worse... Way, way worse. There where actualy people leaving the cinema. That has to tell you something. Sentences from the original saga like: Join me, and together we shall rule the galaxy, and Youre are fulfiling youre destiny just killed it. Battle of Hoth, Falcon run into the Death Star and the rest of the bad ripoffs are killing the whole movie. Whoever is a SW fan and gave this movie more than 3 is payed to write good about it.

Bottom Line: The Last Jedi was a pointless story with pointless character deaths that undermined the Star Wars universe. Maybe Disney knows how to make money and good movies are just not the way. This new trilogy is doing very well for Disney, but is a mashup of recycled clips that completely miss the point of why they were there originally. Middle movies are always difficult, but The Last Jedi was particularly devastating to the Star Wars universe. As a Star Wars fan, I'm a little tired of the "good guys" being the underdogs and fighting the big evil. These movies would have been much more believable and interesting if the Republic was starting to reestablish itself and the First Order was becoming a credible ISIS like threat. Snoke ended up being a non-player in this new universe, so they should have skipped him completely and had Kylo Ren as a want-to-be emperor instead of a want-to-be Darth Vader. These movies have no discernible theme, so far. The original 6 were about the redemption of Anakin through a prophecy that said he would destroy the Sith, but left out that he would destroy the Jedi and himself in the process (the force needs balance after all). The Jedi were the imbalance and Anakin set the force right by embracing the dark side and destroying them all. These larger themes are forgotten in this new trilogy leaving them hollow with little more to think about than what merchandising will come from them. What is more difficult to grasp is that most of the plot elements dead ended leaving you with the feeling that you wasted all of that precious screen time. One of the greatest tragedies was how R2-D2 was left as a nostalgic prop. In the original 6 R2-D2 was the one who guided the fate of the galaxy by subtle influence on everyone else, and was the only character who knew the whole story from beginning to end. In The Last Jedi he is nothing more than an old robot and his significance was missed completely. A few interesting things that occurred if we view the movie as a series of clips, Force Skyping was an interesting addition to a universe that did not have this type of communication in 1977. The concept of good and evil being a matter of perspective, how arms dealers sold to both sides, and how the Force is bigger than the Jedi were more realistic elements then the black and whiteness of the original view of the world. There are too many ridiculous plot elements to go through here, such as the resistance fleet very slowly getting away for the entire movie, and Rey being upset by Kylo Ren not wearing a shirt as if the destroyed AT-AT remnant she was living under in the desert her entire life as a scavenger had strict fashion protocols. Overall, it's another mish mash of recycled concepts that miss the point. Just watch the original trilogy again and sit this one out.

The films lack of focus from a narrative perspective is perhaps the most obvious and daunting problem posed by this mess of a film, but it is also aided by Rian Johnson's many failed attempts at humour and fan service that fall well short of the original trilogies energy. Dare I say even Attack of the Clones, possibly the most condemned Star Wars film to date, at least had structure and relevant character development. The Last Jedi however falls flat on its face time and time again throughout its unnecessarily padded runtime, with dozens of 'shocking' and 'dark' moments: quite obviously Johnson's nod toward a darker Star Wars film akin to Empire, which are so overused and rushed in setup that I myself was completely desensitised by any impending twist. From the off, issues with regard to story and editing were prevalent with each scene plagued by over-dramatisation and poor pacing. The very first scene featuring Paige Tico's untimely death is indicative of sequencing throughout the whole movie, with her character kicking that ladder for what felt like a million years before the remote finally fell for an unnecessarily dramatic catch. However Paige's death is just the beginning in terms of exaggerated melodrama, with 'THAT' Leia scene following not long after...

With the passing of Carrie Fisher many speculated a heroic final goodbye for her much beloved character. Johnson however, obviously lacking in foresight handles this hurdle poorly, almost taunting fans with Leia's close brush with death on the bridge before she ridiculously flies through space in what could possibly be as cringe-worthy as I'm assuming her CGI duplicate will be in the next film. Leia's temporary replacement, Vice Admiral Holdo was also a wasted opportunity, with her character stepping up in Leia's absence as a potential new leader of the Resistance. Not only was her martyrdom another example of a newly introduced character being killed too soon, but it also could have served as a great sacrificial exit point for the late Carrie Fisher if their roles were reversed. Even the manner in which Laura Dern's character was killed off was jarring as her hyperspace insta-kill is honestly a step too far. The destruction level caused by such a manoeuvre will make fans wonder, why don't they just do that all the time? Why didn't they just do that to the Death Star?...Twice? Fans also wondered whether Gwendoline Christie's character, Captain Phasma would finally live up to all the hype as portrayed in advertising and merchandise, however she seems to have been surplus to any real plot movements once more; undoing all added canonical source material that sought to bring her back from the dead after the Force Awakens, and ultimately her characters appearance in the film was as brief as it was pointless... except for all the toys sold in her likeness I suppose. Well-done Disney. Money... Speaking of even more disappointing deaths, we move onto Snoke, a character depicted as the next main antagonist: a character who from early scenes in this film seemed like he might be the most powerful Sith Lord to grace the silver screen yet. His ability to manipulate Kylo and Rey across vast distances was a testament to his unique powers unseen by any other force wielding character in the now pretty average canon that Disney seems to be creating. But it was his signposted death at the hands of Kylo Ren that was most disappointing. A sequence set out to shock the viewer, yet I was not at all surprised at Kylo's betrayal; in fact I'll be more shocked if Snoke doesn't eventually put himself back together when Disney realises that they've just killed the most interesting character in the film. And of course it wouldn't be the first time a Star Wars villains death was later retconned as Darth Maul once survived being cut in half after Lucas Arts realised they could sell more toys if he was alive again, so all bets are off I guess. And finally I must mention Luke Skywalker's sudden departure. Putting aside the fact that many, including Mark Hamill himself fundamentally disagreed with creative choices surrounding his character... Luke's death was just really silly. A scene that totally lacked any emotion or resonance toward the story, he just simply died and that's that: kind of a spit in the face to kill off such a beloved character in such ambiguous fashion.

All these deaths and subsequent lack of empathy from audiences are the result of Johnson's flailing story. The plot can be summarised as succinctly as "Rebels flee from the First Order" in an almost comically long car chase, whilst simultaneously the plot with all its throwaway tangents and expendable characters seems almost impossible to discern an overarching story. Moments like Maz Kanata's holo call, Yoda's return (apparently force ghosts can now summon lightning and whack people on the head with sticks), or Rey's infinity mirror scene didn't work to expand the Star Wars world as we know it; alluding to an expanded universe that stretches beyond the main plot as other Star Wars films have done so in the past, rather these moments added unnecessary clutter to an already misdirected catastrophe of a film that's nothing like the Star Wars mythology of old. Much like J.J Abrams, Rian Johnson has looked to both copy and rebuke the classic Lucas mould by adding in uncharacteristic narrative elements that blur the lines between good and evil. And by effectively removing both the Jedi and Sith order by killing Luke and Snoke respectively, the series has set itself up to be more grey and ambiguous in intention. I feel this is what Mark Hamill was referring to when he spoke of doubts... Star wars should be formulaic. It's the classic battle between good and evil, but now Rian Johnson and J.J Abrams in kind, seem to want to leave their mark by reinterpreting and effectively butchering the series oeuvre.

This movie should have been named "The Last Star Wars." I want my money back!

A complete disaster from beginning to end. Yoda didn't even look right!

So Rey's backstory isn't important? So Snoke's character doesn't deserve some explanation? So it was pointless for Luke to have ever become a Jedi in the first place? So every male is either incompetent, evil, or depressed? So the "joke" lines were written by a 5th grader? Come on!

Bye, bye "Disney" Star Wars. I'm done with your petty "universe." Like Mark Hamill, I will simply treasure George Lucas's masterpieces.

I've been a life long star wars fan. I've eaten up everything from the franchise, while the same time not being blind to any weakness it may have. I'm not into 'creating my own star wars storylines in my head' only for a new film to let those exceptions down. My not a big fat fanboy and yes, I have a life.

The Force Awakens was one of my favorite star wars films. Yes. JJ used the framework of ANH and ROTJ to help create it - but it was a hell of fun. But most importantly, it introduced the new generation of heroes and villains. In fact, it introduced them so well that I actually cared about their story and was excited to see where it went next.

The film ended on the biggest cliff hanger in the whole series - the legendary Luke Skywalker was found.

Enter The Last Jedi, the first film to pick up almost exactly where it left off. I was really ready to like this film. TFA gave the tea the best set up ever. But I'm sorry to say, it was massively squandered.

I'm okay with pushing the franchise somewhere new. I'm okay with curve balls and plot twists. I'm okay with everything - if it's done right and is plausible to the universe it is in.

As a popcorn film - it works fine. There'res jokes, and flashy things all with ticking clock plot line to keep the characters moving.

As a Film - there are issues. The pace is choppy. There is a whole plot line that is made redundant. Another plot line that falls apart if you start thinking about it. Too convoluted.

But as a star wars film? It is very disappointing.

It's the 2nd chapter of a trilogy. The 8th film in a saga. It throws away everything TFA sets up. The Johnson seems to be very out to do his own thing. 3 new characters pop up in this film and all 3 don't add much to the plot let along be any interesting. In Empire Strikes back, we're introduced to 2 new major characters - Lando and Yoda. The rest of the time, we follow the heroes we have grown to know while the new are integrated with purpose.

The film, and now the trilogy seem to have no direction. What's the over arching story?

And finally, for a film that 'takes risks' and 'breaks new ground' - it really doesn't. There's no commitment by the film makers to do so. The scene where both Rey and Ben ask for each other to join them could have been a fantastic way to be different - Rey go dark or Kylo Goes light or they switch completely. But no - they are back to the same afterwards.

When Finn decides to sacrifice himself - could have been a moment that the characters truly remembered him. But no - a list minute deus ex machine by Rose.

And BB8 in this film was Prequel Trilogy bad. If you liked him spitting chips out as the star wars jingle played, or piloting a freakin AT-ST - you can no longer take a swing at the PT. And the shot with BB8, Rose and Finn on the AT-ST, running through the hanger - was as bad as the swinging monkeys in Crystal Skull.

I could go on, but yeah. Not great!

Star Wars fan very very disappointed. This movie is not Star Wars that we know of . If this movie was on its own , its a good film . But it isn't. George Lucas , how could you sell up your creation for pure money to Disney , to let them ruin it the way they have, Shame. They have insulted the character of Luke Skywalker . Turned him into a cowardly hobo, fighting the main baddie as stupid hologram and then dying of exhaustion, pathetic. General Leia , they blew her off into space , would have been ok if not sad that she would have gone out that way , only to start using the force and flying , yes flying like a cross between Superman & Mary Poppins , then goes into a coma wakes again and limps on through the rest of the movie. With all the original cast members gone now in the stupidest disrespectful ways , it would have been better not to have them back at all , leaving their characters untarnished but well done Disney for messing this up. The director can't have watched any star wars films otherwise he wouldn't have created this load of rubbish . The 1 rating goes for the actors who I thought did well with what they had to work with , just a shame they were let down with poor story and script . Kylo Ren could have been a badass baddie, if they just kept his face covered . Adam Driver has the voice to give you the fear he's a bad guy a quality actor when used right , but let down in my opinion . Rey turns out to be a nobody , next. Snoke turns out to be a nobody , next . Fin and Rose , waste of time , next . They killed Admiral Ackber like he was a nobody . Why is there stupid comedy in this . The originals had comedy but genuine character comedy , it suited the film . This film is cringe worthy cheesey rubbish . Overall this is the worst star wars movie . Shame on you Disney and Lucasfilms .

Just watched the movie and while it was entertaining it's really bugging me how far they missed the mark on this movie. Could have been so much better. It's more akin to the George Lucas 2nd trilogy in it's plot holes or story devices that go nowhere, general bad story and dialogue and inability to capture the magic of the original trilogy - which is even more maddening as I felt that Force Awakens was able to do that somewhat.

Let's address some of the things that bugged me:

• Marvel style gimmick joke by Poe on Hux to start the movie. Feels really out of place, and Hux becomes more slapstick comic relief as the movie goes on when he did a pretty good job of being threatening and villainous in Force Awakens; a waste of a good character
• Yet another case of a Imperial / First Order ultimate weapon that is easily defeated by 1 fighter pilot REALLY ORIGINAL
• Finally have another passably iconic Star Wars ship besides the Millennium Falcon in Poe's black x-wing and it is destroyed in the first 20 minutes
• All of a sudden Leia is some kind of force master that can survive explosions and the vacuum of space WHAT. This is not even addressed by anyone in the movie, like "that's our Leia casually using force powers that haven't been mentioned before"
• Most of the movie takes place in outer space BORING, almost every planet save the Jedi temple one completely forgettable
• Game of Thrones style time shifts like when they are going to the casino planet or coming from "super remote" Jedi Temple planet in 5 minutes in the Falcon WHAT
• They are on the casino planet for like 2 minutes and now we are supposed to care about these kids we saw for 2 seconds WHAT
• Trying to make some kind of class struggle statement after Disney basically spends 50 some BILLION DOLLARS ON A MERGER TO BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL STUDIO IN HOLLYWOOD GTFO
• GREMLIN ALIEN LITERALLY COUNTING MONEY IN THE MOVIE SYMBOLISM MUCH
• Resolution of what transpires on forgettable casino planet goes literally nowhere and actually would have benefited the movie if it were removed entirely. Benicio del Toro character completely pointless.
• Casino planet basically kept in to serve the purpose of borderline celebrity cameos. Most people watching this movie have no idea who these people are anyway.
• First order chasing the rebels for god knows how long, it's impossible to tell how much time is passing because it's in outer space, no mention is made as to how long this exchange transpires yet it goes on for most of the movie
• Chase justified by first order not having long enough range weapons WHAT
• They had that miniature death star cannon the whole time, WHY DIDN'T THEY USE THAT - SHOOT IT OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CRUISER
• They make mention of having multiple dreadnoughts besides the one destroyed in the beginning, just light speed one or more in to shoot the rebels
• OR EVEN JUST LIGHT SPEED AHEAD OF THE REBELS AND SURROUND THEM FFS
• Poe almost completely screws the rebellion over with his mutiny, his 2nd egregious insubordination of the movie - yet after it's over both Leia and Laura Dern laugh it off "I LIKE HIM" "THAT'S OUR CRAZY POE" WHAT
• Luke does one force exercise with Rey and she is like a force master when every single other force wielder ever takes years of training, including Luke himself, Kylo Ren by Luke's own admission, even DARTH VADER WHAT
• All of a sudden the Millenium Falcon can hold like 390 people WHAT
• Zero backstory or plot given to Snoke - COMPLETE WASTE OF A POTENTIALLY AMAZING VILLAIN - everyone is beating this one to death
• Zero mention again of rest of the Knights of Ren
• Zero backstory given to cool Red Snoke guards though it becomes one of the coolest light saber battles in any of the movies - Are they the Knights of Ren???
• Again almost zero backstory or screen time given to Phasma - the coolest Star Wars villain since Darth Maul
• Phasma will probably be back in the next one just to fight Finn again like the Star Wars version of Jaws from the Bond movies...
• Entire casino planet storyline - the mutiny - Benicio Del Toro - sisters necklace thing - fight with phasma and almost execution - evil BB8 - Jedi Temple caretakers among things that could have been completely removed without hurting the movie, even improving it, or replaced with coherent story that actually furthered the plot and/or was fun
• Luke bragged up for years about how amazing and powerful he is, but feels totally impotent in the movie. Finally given time to shine and fight and it turns out to be a complete sham and a complete waste of time
• Yoda shows up for some reason WHAT - COMPLETELY MISSED A CHANCE FOR LUKE TO COMMUNE WITH OTHER POWERFUL JEDI FROM THE MOVIES - if you had ghost yoda show up why not ghost Qui Gon or ghost obi wan FFS

I really could keep going but it's pointless. This is what you get when you put Rhian Johnson in charge, WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA, LOOPER WAS TERRIBLE.

So much wasted potential... super disappointed FML

Seriously why? You had so many directions to go, and infinite amount of new characters you can introduce in sooooo many different ways and you kind of let us all down in the force awakens let's be honest. Decent but a let down and a bit of a copy and paste from a new hope but whatever whatever it's just the first one it's just to renew the series with a similar feeling I get it.

But why god why did you do it again. You essentially copy and pasted the main idea from empire strikes back oh and you killed all of your character development in the fucking process. We all have been waiting 2 years to know more about snoke and how he lured kylo ren and where he has been, the knights of ren, Rey's parents and her story and that was at least the bright side of force awakens it left off well and wanting much more. The last Jedi DESTROYS ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN 1 SCENE. Along with all of the conflict in Kylo ren. It doesn't even make sense that he would turn on Rey the moment he could where was the conflict???? IF he can do that why couldn't he finish his mother off Jesus Christ just give me consistency.

But before that scene it was yet another "run away from the bad guys while barely making it" scenes that never ends until it does and it's wasted at that point and is only still going to show off new walkers on a flat terrain that's perfect for them to go assault another base with trenches for no reason.

There's basically no chemistry between Rey and Luke even though is acting was spectacular. They just beat around the bush and would rather show a cowardly storm trooper and a chunky female pilot fly off to a planet and do a mission that has virtually NO MEANING WHATSOEVER AND WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. But back to Luke and Rey.

Horribly disappointing, they have no real dialogue just luke cracking a joke at her every now and then while she stares off to the side. They both spend most of the time lying to each other about what has happened and what is happening.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the most disappointing thing since George Lucas sold the rights to Disney. A hyped-up sequel to the "A New Hope" rip off, this movie is filled with cringe-worthy dialogue, an embarrassing story, terrible editing, massive plot holes, and a surprisingly awful film score. There are some good things about the film however, which confuses me because it's almost like watching two separate movies being smashed together. 1) Apparently people can live in outer space now. In the opening fight sequence, the girl on the bomber lays on a beam that is open to outer space and suffers no consequences. Even though she later dies by explosion. 2) The bridge of the ship that Leia is in gets hit by a shot and violently explodes and rips everyone into space. The next scene Leia is floating out and about and just wakes up and flies back to the ship. The doors open, and again everyone is exposed to space and nothing happens. Leia dies a very violent death and then just wakes up and goes back to the ship and takes a nap. 3) As the movie continues you realize that all the buildup of Mark Hamill reprising his role as Luke Skywalker is actually a negative thing. When the anticipated moment has finally been reached and Luke is handed his old light saber, he immediately tosses it over his shoulder. This light saber was created and used by his father. His father fought with this weapon in the Clone Wars. It was given to Luke by Obi-Wan. Luke was trained by Obi-Wan and Yoda. He used this light saber to fight his father and save his friends. He turned his father back to the light side and defeated the Emperor once and for all. And in this moment in TLJ all of this history was thrown in the trash. I guess disregard everything that took place from 1977-2005. None of that matters. Luke is absolutely pathetic and behaves completely out of character. He hates the Jedi? He hates the Force? That's a great idea if I've ever heard one. After a quick visit from Yoda he is changed back to normal, but half the movie has passed by this point. 4) If Luke hates the Jedi and the Force so much and goes as far as to say that it should all end together, AND exiles himself onto an island to die with no intention of ever coming back, then why does he continue to dress exactly like a Jedi every moment of his life? Why doesn't he go back to wearing the attire he wore for the first 19 years of his life? 5) Luke eventually states that he went into hiding because he failed his nephew, Ben Solo, and that Ben has a power that he has never seen before. However, Luke knew Darth Sidious, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and himself. And so far in the past 2 movies in the story line there has been no demonstration that Kylo Ren has any skills at all. Rey defeats him easily in TFA and she has never even held a light saber. In fact, Snoke even makes this point in the movie. You also see Kylo fighting later in the film against Snoke's guards and he is getting slapped around again. Isn't he supposed to be strong in the force? Yet some nobody puts him in a choke hold and almost stabs him. 6) Another huge problem is the distractingly terrible CGI. Snoke is just obnoxious but it only gets worse. The annoying 'porg' penguins and later the giant llamas must have been created by an eager 7-year-old. And how many computer animated explosions can we see in this movie? 7) So Finn and newly added Rose set off on a quest that takes most of the movie to accomplish. Sounds like a big deal but it is simply to find some nobody decoder to stop the 'First Order' from following them. Very nice ideas going on here. Along the way they spend a big chunk of time watching NASCAR pod racing and freeing CGI llamas. Rose tries to explain why this is a big deal but no one cares about this forced subplot. They then get captured and sent to a jail cell where another decoder happens to be there and has been laying around in his cell with a key this entire time. What was he waiting for? Nothing. Actually, he was just waiting for the writers to tell him what to do next. Nice. 8) Later, Poe holds a mutiny against the acting commander and hates her, yet when he is stunned the commander and Leia both comment on how much they like him. I don't think so. 9) After they leave and arrive at the bad guys' ship Finn and Rose get captured. The villain, Captain Phasma, does the typical stalling when it comes to execution and has to find a better way to kill them. In the meantime, a lady from Jurassic Park smashes into the ship and kills everyone in this room EXCEPT Finn and Rose. How convenient. Then Phasma and some troopers come walking up in a formation even though they were all just standing right next to each other. Phasma gets shot but her armor deflects the laser bullet. I think the 'First Order' has the resources to make all their soldiers have this armor so why don't they? They have multiple giant space weapons that can destroy planets but armor that works is a little too much to ask? So Finn gets up and has a very anticlimactic fight with Phasma. Why would they have done it any different? 10) The movie goes between Kylo, Rey/Luke, Leia, and Finn scenes. Is Chewbacca just an extra in this film? Because he gets as much screen time as those frog costumed creatures on Luke's island. Kylo's scenes were all very entertaining and Adam Driver was very likable. Rey's scenes were also interesting and I was waiting to hear what's been happening to Luke, but everything else in the movie could not have been less interesting. I don't think I've ever been more bored while watching a movie. This is why it felt like two separate movies edited together. 11) After the Snoke battle, Kylo Ren appears to have also killed Hux, but shortly after you see them both standing together. You also see a similar deal when Finn is about to sacrifice himself for the 'Resistance', yet Rose smashed into him to save his life, meanwhile jeopardizing her own. But no worries because everyone is invincible in this film. Except for Luke apparently. I guess using the force one more time was just a little too much for him these days. It was a very uneventful and unheroic death for the star of the original trilogy. 12) All this buildup of finding Luke and he does next to nothing. He aides in the plot which is helping the 'Resistance' keep running but other than that he does nothing. Except for complain and die. He doesn't even have a light saber duel. He uses the force to trick Kylo Ren and pulls out his blue light saber, except Kylo had just recently destroyed that one so why did he think Luke had it??? 13) Before transparent Luke shows up, all the rebel fighters were standing in a hanger with the blast door open watching the 'First Order' stroll in and fire at them. Death and destruction could have easily been prevented and we're supposed to believe these are the people who have been fighting the bad guys this whole time? Are they as stupid as the writers? Oh. 14) Even a lot of dialogue from this movie was very childish and made me feel like I was watching a show created for little kids. Finn is sacrificing himself to save the 'Resistance' and Rose stops him. "We're not going to win by killing the things we hate, but by saving what we love." Well Finn was about to save everyone he loved by killing the 'First Order' but you just stopped him for no reason. And then she gives him an extremely awkward kiss and proceeds to pass out just like Leia did earlier in the film. How creative. Another childish addition is when they're looking for an exit in the cave and a CGI ice fox is conveniently standing in a doorway waiting to lead the people to safety. I'm not 9 so this doesn't amuse me. There's a lot of trying to lead you to believe someone is about to die, just to have a cheaply executed save. Boring. 15) The plot of the movie is that the "Resistance" is trying to run away from the "First Order". The presented problem is that once the "Resistance" runs out of gas, the "First Order' will be in range to fire on their ships. Is the "First Order" running out of gas too? Is there a reason that the all resourceful "First Order" can't cut them off? Or by summoning any ship in their possession? What are all the other "First Order" ships doing at this moment? It's supposed to be pretty important that they have the last of the "Resistance" on the run right in front of them but all they are doing is following them? 16) Rose was unconscious at the end near the heavily guarded "First Order" battering ram. How did Finn drag her all the way back without dying? 17) They even couldn't resist having the droid BB-8 driving an AT-ST walker. I guess the children under the age of 5 need some entertainment too. 18) Disney is in dire need of a thesaurus. Can we get a word count on the word "hope" please?! Also, stop with the "never tell me the odds" joke. That ended in 1980. Why did C3PO have a red arm in TFA and not in this film? Why is the mystery of Rey's parents never laid to rest? "Oh they were nobody." K thanks for the movie bye. Who is Snoke? Why did he show up, supposedly being the most powerful being, and then die with no known motivation/plans? George Lucas' Star Wars movies were told in a unique way that could easily have been told apart from any other writer. It was almost an art of its own. There's a style to making Star Wars and I could tell this movie came out in 2017. There used to be a purpose behind the dialogue, and now it's just schlock. It was like the way Obi-Wan described the light saber; "an elegant weapon for a more civilized age." Now writers are clumsy and random, and people laugh at CGI penguins on the screen. TFA and TLJ both focus on what happened between Episode 6 and TFA, but the whole idea of training Jedi and Luke's interaction with Ben Solo sounds more interesting than the current movie's plots. Or lack thereof. At least Leia wasn't killed off in this movie so I'm really excited to see her return in full CGI....

I don't know how or where to begin with my review. Should I begin with my explanation how I felt after watching the TLJ or should I try to (as if I needed to)point out how ridiculous this movie is? First of all, you have a huge gap between what J.J. Abrams started and wanted to achieve and what Rian Johnson wanted. For example, J.J. introduced a new villain, mysterious Snoke, whom we know nothing of at the end of TFA. Rian decided that he had no need or place for him in his story so he just erased him without giving us at least some of his background story. Secondly, I think that we all liked Ray as a character and we all wanted to know something about her past, but Rian decided not to trouble himself(and us) with it?!? What about Luke Skywalker? How could they expect any hardcore fan or any sane person to like the way his character has devolved? From a movie hero of several generations to a grouchy old guy who has cut his connection to the Force and we find out that he was considering to kill his padawan and nephew Kylo while he was sleeping?!? No matter how frustrating these things were for me, nothing is compared to almost retarded plot with so many holes in it, that makes the TLJ boring and unwatchable. A space chase until they run out of fuel? Really? This is a SW universe! Is that the best you could come up with? As a hardcore fan I have read the novels and comics that follow the story after ROTJ. They could have picked any story from expanded universe but instead they decided to do this? Let's just run through some facts. Rebel fleet is running away from First order because they are lighter and faster but they cannot jump to lightspeed because they can track them. So, First Order keeps chasing them and they cannot shoot them down because their weapons are ineffective at that distance. If the Rebels are lighter and faster how come the distance between them and the First Order is the same throughout the movie? Shouldn't they be distancing themselves slowly from FO fleet as time passes? Leia surviving the space vacuum and flying through debris like a witch using the Force is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen! Why would Rebels send Finn and Rose to find codebreaker? I would send my best operatives. How about you? Why FO military is commanded by incompetent general Hux? What is the purpose of Phazma as a character? What is the possibility that, while running from FO, rebels stumble upon a planet that has, surprisingly, an abandoned rebel base from the war with the empire. And it happens to be an impregnable bunker with no back door??? Again, the FO/Empire is attacking Resistance/Rebel base with AT walkers and again there are soldiers in the trenches in front of the base!!! They mention several times through movie that they should reach or call their friends in the Outer rim. What is the position of strength between the New Republic and First Order. What systems are under NR control and which are under FO. Who is Snoke? Where did he come from and where did he get his training? How he started the First Order? Force is now used for making conference calls and it's mocking the original idea of the spirituality of the Force. Luke is force projecting himself and then faints to death?!? No lightsaber duels? WHY??? I watched Rogue One that has no lightsaber duels or Force users in it and it was fine by me because it was a different setting and different story. This movie must have had light saber duels!!! I could keep on and on with things like this but I will only point out that two main characters from TFA have not progressed in either way. Kylo is still an angry kid who does not know what or how to do something and Ray's connection to the force is still a mystery as her origin. What is even worse Luke does not train her just opens a door of a new world for her. To end my review I will repeat a quote from the movie : "Let the past die. Kill it, if you must". I think that is exactly the meaning of the new trilogy (episodes 7,8,9). I cannot think of a better way to say it. They (Disney) are trying to explain to us that they don't care for the legacy of the Star Wars saga, that they want only to earn more money and if in that process we(hardcore fans) are disappointed, what can be done? That's life. I give The Last Jedi a three stars just because of the space battle at the beginning of the movie and because visuals are outstanding. I said to myself after watching The Force Awakens that I will forgive but I will not forget. I think that after watching The Last Jedi I have only one choice...

Good parts: (1) Porgs (2) Some Luke Skywalker scenes, although his character was virtually unrecognisable from the original trilogy (3) Very good space battles (4) Luke's reunion with Artoo (5) I felt Finn and Poe were more likeable in this movie compared to Force Awakens (6) Most Princess Leia scenes, except where she flies through space (7) Mark Hamill was exceptional. I never wanted him off screen.

Bad parts: (1) The dejected feeling I had when the movie finished. As a matter of fact I felt this way about 3/4 into the film. This is obviously subjective but it looks like I'm not alone based on other comments. This is especially the case if you're a fan of the original trilogy. I honestly feel cheated and wonder if the movie was meant to create such emotions in people. (2) The way Johnson wrote Luke. He has always been optimistic and self sacrificing. He would never have even considered killing Ben. He wouldn't have allowed others to suffer while doing nothing. In the 'legends of Luke skywalker' book he is very inquisitive about the Force and it's origins. Yet he doesn't read original scripts while being stuck on an island with nothing else to do. He is a jedi master but is overpowered by Rey in their stick battle- maybe on purpose? He should have spent more time with Chewbacca to console him about losing Han. He uses no force powers, except at the end, and doesn't 'kick butts' like Kennedy said he would. He projects himself to Crait to stand there? It could have been an epic battle between him and the first order. Just show some development in his character!!! The decision to kill him off was absolutely atrocious and series ending for myself. He could have survived the Force projection. Rey will do it in the next film and I'm sure she will be just fine. (3) Rey- I don't mind Rey as a concept and Daisy does a half decent job portraying her, but how is she so powerful? It also appears that she can do no wrong!! In this stage in her development Luke hadn't even moved a noodle with the Force yet! She is extremely naive. She finds a jedi master and then viciously confronts him because Kylo told her something. I would have thought shed be reluctant to believe Kylo in relation to anything. I don't like that she's the last Jedi. It is very contrived and cringe worthy. The explanation of her parents was uninspiring. Had she been a skywalker her force powers would have been somewhat understandable. (4) Artoo- we see him for a brief moment. I wanted to see him and Luke together much longer. Once they're reunited where does Artoo go? Just disappears it seems. BB8, who I like, is conveniently saving the day all over the galaxy. Does Luke understand R2? (5) Leia using force powers to fly through space... (6) killing off snoke with no explanation of his origin. He had been built up to be a great villain and match for Luke. (7) Rey and Kylo scenes together, even though they were apart. Just awful. I've only just seen this movie being a big fan of Star Wars. I didn't mind TFA due mainly to the ending. I thought the 2 movies would make up for Luke's absence in the TFA. Clearly I was wrong. Even if Luke comes back as a force ghost I still won't be going to see episode 9. My best hope are the stand alone films, provided Johnson goes nowhere near them.

Be aware - spoilers ahead.

Porgs are cool. The Last Jedi is not. It is very disappointing movie for somebody looking for answers to really anything Star Wars lore. It has some good moments but after The Force Awakens left viewers such a high-note with the return of the Luke Skywalker - I left feeling empty and wondering if they just should have left it all alone.

The legend of the rebellion and childhood hero for so many Luke Skywalker is a broken man who unfortunately has not learned too much in his time in exile. Something that really puzzles me here is that there are no new revelations about the force as one would expect, especially by somebody in exile with unlimited time, power and the potential to learn.

We're treated to a great performance by Mark Hamill but I wanted Luke Skywalker to be great. He is the hero of the Original Trilogy, by far the most revered and loved and he gets a moment, sure, but it merely serves as an opportunity to 'pass the torch' to the younger cast and it seems so contrived and obvious.

This is all made worse by the real-life passing of Carrie Fisher who plays Princess Leia who seems much more comfortable in her role than in The Force Awakens.

I must admit I had really high hopes for this film, for nostalgic reasons and as much as I really liked the characters in The Force Awakens it's the original characters who we all fell in love with and seeing them treated like this is - as means to simply pass the torch to younger actors is really disappointing. The Force Awakens did it right with Han Solo because it elevated Kylo Ren's villain status enormously.

The problem is that the Rey and Luke dynamic needed to be fleshed out way more. We needed more revelations about the true nature of the force, how it began, something new and we got nothing even though Luke has his hands on the first ever Jedi texts and scrolls, it seems like he hasn't read them because we get absolutely no real insight into what they say. How disappointing is that considering he is in exile? What else has he got to do? I found this totally, utterly frustrating beyond belief.

More wasted opportunities lie with some of the characters. Supreme Leader Snoke's characters 'moment' was a shocking but empty. We got no backstory and nothing clever to bind the saga together. He is literally just a 'bad guy' that just appears out of nowhere and corrupts young Ben Solo, aka Kylo Ren.

Captain Phasma is another throwaway character with nothing to do at all as is General Hux, who just provides comic relief and then there is Rey's parentage which becomes the ultimate disappointment in this story. Another aspect that just left me feeling empty and unsatisfied.

Oscar Isaac's ace pilot Poe Dameron is back and joined by Laura Dern playing newcomer Admiral Holdo. Their story is one of the best side stories that completely pays off. I loved Poe Dameron's energy and enthusiasm in this just like I loved Finn's in The Force Awakens.

Unfortunately Finn's journey is far less compelling now. He is joined by actress Kelly Marie Tran who plays Rose Tico and a friendship, possible romance ensues but it's all very cliche and nothing to write home about nor is the much hyped Canto Bight scenes which resemble something more out of a Harry Potter movie than Star Wars.

The other dynamic is Rey and Kylo Ren's relationship which does manage to keep you guessing for a time. Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley are again, really good in their respective roles but it's not enough to save the story from feeling like a lost opportunity to tie the Skywalker story (the Star Wars story we all fell in love with) together in a satisfying package. I think Disney have tried to throw one too many curve balls and they're way off. I remember leaving The Force Awakens with so much optimism and I wish it were different but essentially I feel that there is nowhere else to go. We've left in the middle of the desert without a tank of gas at the conclusion of The Last Jedi.

5 Minutes into this movie it was all clear. I was looking at Star Wars - The comedy. Disney's desperate attempt of trying to please fans of all ages ends up in a chaotic storyline where nothing interesting really happens.

Lets talk about the jokes. In case you are afraid of missing them, don't worry! This movie will continue to feed them to you until they leave you with an awful taste of Jar Jar in your mouth. The amount of comic relief was beyond me. I wouldn't even consider most of the comic as "relief". Just immersion breaking attempts of keeping the attention of the younger audiences. Speaking of immersion breaking.. The use of words like "Godspeed", "Police", "crack open like an egg" really proves that the writers had no clue of what they were doing.

Lets look at the casino scenes. There we were, back in the mess that were the prequels. With CGI characters doing "funny" CGI things. Imprisoned in the dark prison cell, Finn and Rose is speaking to a mysterious silhouette. My mind was going through the alternatives of which this character might be. He's in a rich-people-place, so he's probably rich. He's in a prison, so he's probably a "bad" guy.. maybe a smuggler? Hold on! Rich, smuggler, Please let this be Lando! That would definately save the entire boring visit to the CGI-paradise and give meaning to Finn's storyline. Hah, nope.

I could probably write a short book of all the things that made no sense but I will try to keep it fair. Remember, we're all buying the concept of sound in space.

• The super-battle-ship gets taken out by ONE X-wing. Tractor beam? Missiles? Anything?!
• "Chrome Domes" armor deflects laser. Sounds like a great material for... everything?
• Lukes emo character. He tries to save Vader but almost kills an innocent Ben Solo in his sleep.
• Snoke can't be betrayed, can't be defea.. oops. Snoke was useless. Leaving us there with "the rule of two" but without answers.
• Disney thinks we care about random rebel ships being destroyed and random rebel sacrifices. If they want us to feel sad, sacrifice someone we love.

Now lets dig a little deeper. You can turn on a lightsaber with the force now. This changes everything. Think about it..

• Why didn't Obi Wan just slice Darth Maul off by the ankles whilst hanging in the pit at the end of Phantom Menace?
• Why not just turn off your opponents lightsaber mid-swing?
• (Insert infinite number of other questions here)

Thank you for sticking with me with through all the negativity. Lets look at the positive things. + The Yoda scene was perfection. + The look and feel of (almost) everything was spot on. + The sound design was what you might expect from a Star Wars movie. + Most likely the most visually stunning Star Wars movies ever created. Even if it had some flaws. + Alot of screen time for Kylo Ren. Adam Driver proves he's a great pick for the role. + Great action scenes. + Luke Skywalker's super-jedi-mindtrick

For me personally. The biggest question is: Why should we look forward to the next movie? Now when Kylo Rens/Reys allegiance is sorted out. Snoke is dead. Reys parents are most likely never to be revealed. It didn't leave us on a cliff or wanting more.

May the force be with episode IX.

Oh by the way, to my surprise. I actually liked the Porgs.

The 8th chapter in the newly resurrected Star Wars series, is a rollercoaster of an adventure, filled with the unexpected fun, twist and turns that have been delightfully introduced by Rian Johnson. What you would expect is not what is given to you, in the most whimsical Star Wars film to date.

Following from the end of the Force Awakens, we find Rey attempting to bring Luke Skywalker out of hiding to help the battle against the vicious First Order, but Skywalker himself does not seek to return, as his own past has defined him as he insists on staying in the dark. Meanwhile General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) leads the resistance in escape from the First Order in deep space, where Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Hux ( Domhnall Gleeson) won't rest till they are finally destroy them.

As a life long Star Wars fan, it was regrettable when I went to see The Force Awakens two years ago, and coming out feeling very disappointed. After a couple more views, I have been able to enjoy the film, but still find several issues with it, that haven't made it the Star Wars film for me. I have to admit though that the ending, with reveal of Rey's power and that final appearance of Mark Hamil did have me anticipating in glee for the next chapter of the series. With a darker appearance than the previous film, and a different director: Rian Johnson, I have been very excited about the promise of The Last Jedi.

As the caption "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away" emerged I had a sudden shiver of joy (as did it last time). Unfortunately soon after, I found myself thinking its was going in the same direction of the Force Awakens, with the same issues occurring.

We start with a rather choppy beginning in the establishment of our characters, that created a great disturbance in the balance of things. This was only pre-mature but stood out to ne. Again we have frequent moments of on the nose dialogue, that may sound good on paper, but through certain delivery is not. There is also have middle subplot with Finn (Jon Boyega) and new rebel character Rosa ( that doesn't really land on its feet and eventually becomes a waste of time just to fit into the 152 minute runtime.

We furthermore have the return of the endless string of laugh out loud jokes and quirks that turn it almost into comedy, charming to some maybe, but not for this fan. Star Wars at its core is film about the struggle of good vs evil which I and I'm sure many fans take seriously, but its very hard to take it serious if the film isn't half the time. Its not just the cute humour with BB-8 but there are times during critical conversation, that it appears a custard pie has to be thrown. I know if you take any Marvel film you could pick out a hundred moments of humour, but there's something about the humour in the latest Star Wars films, which just ruins it for me, it pulls me out of this fantasy and draws attention to the artificial construction.

That being said what Star Wars The Last Jedi wonderfully succeeds as a fun, action pack, adventure, character drama, and I am over joyed to say for myself, as a Star Wars film.

A Bold and original take for the Star Wars series, The Last Jedi at last becomes its very own film, in a inventive war drama, taking you places you would never expect to find yourself. From a brilliant dramatic tension between, Rey and Luke, to Ren's desperation to prove himself to Supreme Leader Snoke, and the resistance struggling to work cooperatively against the First Order. This is mostly held together by Mark Hamill's stand out performance as the broken Jedi master, in his heart-rendering eyes and stares, Hamill, perfectly embodies an aging Skywalker, lost of hope for the rest of the galaxy. This is the key heart that drives the soul of the film. Furthermore Driver brings a much stronger an more powerful performance in Kylo Ren, especially when opposite his counterpart Rey, with Daisy Ridley also bringing a more thriving performance.

Of course opposite Johnson's brialliant storytelling, is a range of fantastic action, including some sensational space dog fights, planet battles and as always exhilarating lighsaber battles. The Last Jedi, almost never rests in its continuous array of action making it one of the most action packed Star Wars films yet.

What I wanted for The Force Awakens is exactly what I got in the Last Jedi with its own story, still with certain shouts to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but still a new chapter to remember. As also similar to last year's spin off film Rogue One, The Last Jedi, properly begins and ends with a monumental final third act This is where the new Star Wars era finally become Star Wars for me. The film represents the change and innovation which the filmmakers are presumably planning to bring into a new Star Wars generation.

Star Wars The Last Jedi has now thankfully awakened the force in me, as to appreciate this new Star Wars era. It does still suffer from a several flaws within narrative structure, and my personal quarrels, but managed to bring out the real Star Wars fan in me. An incredible and enjoyable watch, The force is very strong with this one.

I can't imagine any hero being treated as badly as Luke Skywalker has been treated by Disney. Disney and Lucasfilm seem anxious to wipe out all existence of the Skywalkers and all past history of the Jedi.

Overall the film jumps from action set piece to action set piece without much logic. And why are the villains a threat? Ren and Hux are bumbling idiots that are easily outwitted.

Leia's first use of physical force powers is a head-scratched with bad VFX. It also poses the question - if Leia uses her Force abilities to save herself, then why doesn't she use them to save the Resistance fighters or their ships?

There's no answers for plot holes or other questions posed by TFA and viewers are left with unsatisfying answers - Rey's parents are drunks, Snoke is easily killable and irrelevant and the long awaited moment between Luke and Rey is played for laughs.

After so much hype leading up to the new trilogy, perhaps expectations are too high but this is such a disappointing, sad end to a character so many people idolized as a child. Luke was suppose to be the new hope, but apparently he was just a failure.

Words actually fail me at everything they've done to the old characters. i could say its appalling ,its disrespectful, its awful,that the film makers don't get star wars at all. but none of these words comes close to actually seeing this film and viewing this affront for your self.The new actors are bland and terrible just like the last one.Its an achievement that the film, manages to be worse in an entirely different way than the pastiche /rip off feel of the last movie .Beloved characters are changed beyond all recognition and reason,poorly used then disposed of.

Mary sue herself has almost no training from the jedi master but of course doesn't need it because she's a strong independent woman ,like beyonce, right? Finn otherwise known as captain bland goes off on his own to do stuff we dont care about because otherwise he wouldn't have anything to do in the film .

Poe Dameron of course get short changed again.

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Listen, ignoring the "man-hate" destruction of all the male characters, the physics are irrevocably destroyed. 1. Space cruisers (and most ships) do not require a stop at the nearby gas station. They have reactors. (ahem, they don't run out of fuel like they were depicted in this Sith propaganda film). 2. If it was so easy to destroy HUGE vehicles by jumping through them with light speed, why even build anything large like... say a death star? 3. If the First order ships were so slow, why not just light speed jump ahead of them and blow them away? (As an aside, see below *) 4. Has stealth technology become ubiquitous in the star wars universe? 5. Transports have always had light speed. Just send them in 7 different directions. 6. Leia. In space. Without a space suit. And she survives the blast AND zero atmosphere? Morons. The lot of them. 7. Finally, where did the entire resistance fleet go? (* obviously they focused on speed of their ships over the number).

Firstly Luke... What an annoying whiney old wind bag, completely useless, void of any appeal, the great Luke Skywalker hero to many children was basically an empty vessel with nothing to add, no wisdom to impart, just empty filler to link the story, it was made very clear luke was not important and felt very much like they were sweeping the character under the carpet.

Then there was *cough* supreme leader Snoke. Well...he vanished like a fart in a hurricane. After an entire movie building him up to be Emperor Palpatine, he was in fact as expendable as a stormtrooper...what a waste.

Now for the point in the movie I hated the most. I believe the place Finn and Rose go is called Canto Bight, it's a planet with a huge casino that the rich frequent. This entire side story massively distracts from the main plot and serves as nothing more than a low brow attempt to point out the greed involved in war and introduce us to some terrible CGI effects. This was the point in the movie I knew it couldn't be saved.

On the subject of Finn and Rose, they were involved once again, in not one, but two scenes, that I might have forgiven (maybe) if the movie was better. Firstly both Finn and Rose were in handcuffs, with hundreds of stormtroopers surrounding them, the ship is then hit at light speed and everyone on the deck is killed, apart from Finn and Rose of course...yippee

Then in another scene Finn decides he needs to sacrifice himself to stop the ramming cannon (not sure that's the correct name) by driving into it, Rose on the other hand decides she needs to stop him killing himself by potentially killing the both of them and proceeds to smash into him at 200mph, while 30 feet in the air (too dumb for me to accept) oh and by the way she just met him for the first time a day earlier. Both characters were badly written and their scenes added nothing to the movie.

Lets move on to the fact that Rey at no point in either movie has any training, yet is as powerful as Kylo Ren...lazy lazy writing.

Laura Dern was pointless, and the movie dragged whenever she was in it.

There was a quasi-political feel to this movie emphasised by its casting choices, which I just about forgave in the force awakens but not in this ham fisted mess.

NEWS JUST IN...Princess Leia can purposefully move her limbs, and use the force, all while completely unconscious and floating in the vacuum of space. Unfortunately she thought it served the rebellion best to keep this to herself and stand around looking concerned, while telling others to go off to battle... bummer.

Now... unfortunately whenever I watch the original trilogy, I know that Luke becomes a hermit, cowering on an island, who hides a piece of a secret map in R2D2 for people to piece together, and then after the loss of many lives in trying to protect these map pieces, he tells them to get lost after they eventually find him... troll much

...he also drinks milk straight from the teats of an alien cow/elephant.

***SPOILER FREE PART HERE*** Where do I begin? I went to the theater having read all the spoiler free reviews this movie got starting from it's release date. So my expectations were at prequel-levels of low if you know what I mean. I knew there was going to be some controversy in the movie but I was like:"Hey... if they have a backstory or motivation strong enough for me to believe, I'll maybe like it." But oh boy I was in for a nightmare. The film started with illogical space scenes, then went to stupid story lines that took the characters from point A to point B to get something from point B only so that in the end all the effort didn't matter. There was little to no background for Luke's way of acting in this movie, I mean he had no strong motivation, which was a problem that I saw the movie had from the beginning to the end which crippled it. Characters were changing motivations like weather and talking drastic decisions just for the sake of taking them without any ramifications or logic towards the future of the franchise. And let me expand this: The movie felt like it was made by 2 types of directors: one that build great climaxes towards huge twists and another one(like 5 years old or something) that would write idiotic conclusion the the twist that let me like: "what?" "how is that possible?" and no explanation further. Basically it felt as if Ryan Johnson build those moments for huge twists and Disney we're like: "We'll take it from here!" I'm not really sure that's how it was or if Ryan planned this whole thing himself but it went awfully wrong and felt like a "Batman and Robin" disaster. To conclude this: all those awesome game-changing moments from the trailer are just lies meant to drag the audience towards something but actually scr*wing them up after.

***SPOILER PART COMING BELLOW!*** Ok, so word limit... gotta be quick. From the start the movie goes illogical with that First Order fighter that after is being shot by an X-wing SOMEHOW goes through 6 bomb carriers and destroys them all like they were air, like they wouldn't at least slow him down one at a time, why? I'll tell you, to dramatize the poor situation the resistance was in... and make you enthusiastic for the Resistance that later on when BOMBS FELL FROM BOMB CARRIER IN SPACE(=VOID) TO THAT FIRST ORDER BIG-DESTROYER, ends in a prequelish style the conflict. The movie then shifts to the Rey-Luke story which I found to be the most interesting in the whole movie. She goes to him, hands him the lightsaber and Luke after seeing it, you would think he would wonder how it got to Rey and now to him right? No, comic-relief incoming... throws it over his back. This scene didn't said much at the beginning for me but after seeing the movie I realized that it summarized the whole movie perfectly: A movie that build up greatly towards a game-changing revelation or twist and then slapped you in the face by resolving that twist or revelation so cheap and so immature that I was wondering how in the world could a mature man come up with a story like this. It looked like it was written by a 5-year old at best. Then after some verbal exchanges between them Luke starts to teach Rey 3 lessons in the Force. In one of them she puts Rey to feel the force and she goes instead to the only dark forced place in the island and Luke is like "you went so easily there". At that point I was like "ok, that would be interesting to maybe turn Rey to the Dark Side and bring back Kylo from it." That would have been a fantastic story arc. What did the movie do instead? Never mentioned it again. Actually when she is faced with Snoke she is so determined to not be turned to the dark side that just contradicted everything they build on her character in the movie up until then. Let's talk about Kylo: This movie at the beginning builds his character towards accepting more of the Light Side of the force by deciding to not kill his mother(although at how his character eventually becomes it would have been a great build up in Dark Side inside him with that move) and KILLING FREAKING SNOKE. At that point I was like "ok, again another promising build-up towards him turning to the light-side.". However the movie after that instantly turns him super-evil just for the sake of having a villain in the movie. Forgot to mention, at on point the movie starts to develop a certain relationship between Rey and Kylo using force-connections in which they talk to another. I tought that could have been an interesting plot change, to make them join forces or maybe become attracted to one another and maybe defeat Snoke together. No, they depart ways because Kylo suddenly wants to kill everyone that tied him to the past and "bring order to the galaxy"(Vader style). So from all the possibilities the movie could have gone with this, they chose the most typical and foolish. Ok, going back to Luke, his motivations are incredibly changing throughout the movie and have no background for why they are as they are. So, he trained young Jedi(Ben Solo among them) to discover that Ben had a darkness growing in him because of Snoke? I mean how? The movie doesn't show that and it's as vague about it as was TFA. Suddenly Luke wants to kill Ben. Didn't he think like "it's my sister's son. Shouldn't I talk to her before murdering her child?". No, but just decided that because the screenwriter wanted it, otherwise there would not be any explanation. And when you can't explain a character's motivation in a movie without saying that it was the screenwriter's will, then you know he(screenwriter) failed. Here is a piece of dialogue that I thought for Luke to explain his motivations and it would make for a better story for him than the one we got in the movie: "I tried training new Jedi, but when I saw the darkness growing in Ben I had to do something. If Obi-Wan who trained my father failed at keeping him to the light side, what change could I had with keeping Ben to the light? If Obi-Wan failed, I was going to fail as well, or at least that's what I was convinced at that point. So I had to do something in order to keep the galaxy safe from the rising of another future Sith Lord". That would have given a little sense to his actions and maybe make him realize that what he tried at that point was wrong. Going back to Leia's supposedly death scene. The control room from the front of the resistance ship where she was standing was destroyed by First Order fighters. We literally see her die and float in space just a while so that out of nowhere in this entire saga, where she didn't care about the force, she comes back to life and goes inside the ship near a door and enters the ship to later be put into a coma and come back to health by the end of the movie. I was wondering did the producers knew the actress died right? They also made Kylo's character the new supreme leader and impossible to turn(not even by Leia) to the light-side again, so why there was a reason to keep her alive and not kill her and give her the sent off she deserved? Finn and Rose's story line was interesting but ultimately wasted oportunity. They go to find a master cracker that would get them on Snoke's ship and deactivate the tracker with which the First Order followed the Resistance's cruiser in hyperspace, although the movie never explains how they were tracking the Resistance. They find a cracker other than the one who they were searching for and this one waited for them in a prison. At first I was like "how convenient that he unlocked the prison door and had the key just when Rose and Finn came" but later it's revealed that he was actually a "Lando 2.0" and that leads to a stupid and short fight or round 2 of Finn vs Phasma. In the end the Resistance finds shelter on a planet and take cover behind a huge door. The First Order comes there and besieges that stronghold. Somehow convinced by ghost of Yoda, Luke comes back but just like a ghost to face Kylo, although him for real would have been a better and more unpredictable scene. After Luke's ghost is discovered he dies on the island and becomes one with the Force because why? Did he actually fought Kylo or was in danger of dying like Obi-Wan was in episode IV? After that somehow Rey comes with the Falcon and helps Finn, Poe and the Resistance to escape from that stronghold by lifting some HUGE AND IMMENSE rocks that she clearly didn't have the training to do so since all she did was argue with Luke and take 3 lessons with him(Luke trained with Obi Wan then with Yoda and was still not prepared enough to face Vader). The final nail in the coffin for this movie was Finn's scene at the end where he goes for that cannon. I was happy to let him die because he was a character that has been build over the course of two movies and a sacrifice like that would have been a fitting end for his story-arc and an ACTUAL SHOCKING TWISTING MOMENT IN THE MOVIE! No! Rose had to save him in the last moment cliché.

Aside from that the visuals were top-notch, but what are visuals good at if you don't have a logical story and clever twists? The score: oh boy... such a disappointment. I downloaded it on thursday and listen to it. At first I was: blah... generic iconic music. I said let's try and listen it again, maybe I missed something musical or iconic or thematic... no, it didn't get any better. And that's the problem with John Williams lately: no inspiration whatsoever. He used to write iconic scores that had multiple themes and motifs in them. Now he is composing just generic iconic music like Danny Elfman. Aside from that the acting is pretty good but ultimately wasted with a awful story.

I didn't think that there could be a worse movie than TFA. I was wrong and this movie makes TFA look like a masterpiece. That's how bad this joke for a movie is. Officially it has become the worst movie I've ever seen in my life and by far the worst movie from the Star Wars Saga. 1/10

The Last Jedi. With a title like that, it's no surprise that Star Wars Episode VIII was one of the most anticipated movies of the year. The implications and perceived darkness of the title and trailers gave mega-fans like me more hype than we could handle, especially coming off the nostalgic and satisfying Force Awakens, which was a grand-slam commercially, critically, and most importantly: with the fans. I bought my tickets at first release, wore my favorite Star Wars shirt, and arrived at the theater expecting great things and to be blown away again.. but I can't believe I'm saying this: I left The Last Jedi disappointed & feeling like I got insulted by an old friend.

The movie has good visuals and a lot of action. There, those are the only pros I could think of. Now, the flaws. First and foremost: Disney-fication. I have noticed and been calling this out since the summer and how much Marvel films have changed since their Disney deal in movies like Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok, where it feels like Disney is trying to skew the movies towards weak-minded kid audiences who want silly jokes and fuzzy creatures instead of films that take the artform seriously or have any wit, consequence, or point to make. The SAME problem bleeds over to TLJ, even more brutal as things like Porgs (the new Jar Jar Binks as far as I'm concerned..), burping dwarves, Luke cracking jokes, and alien maids in nun outfits are shoved down our throats, when the film was marketed as being dark & serious like Empire Strikes Back and is essentially a big lie on that front and insult to Star Wars fans who trusted it.

Next, the script is a mess. I found myself thinking at several points in the film 'Wait, this doesn't make sense. No problem, they'll fix it in the end.' But they never did. First, the entire Finn and Rose subplot is completely useless and does absolutely nothing to progress the story in any way. It feels like they just wanted to give Finn something to do & fit in an Asian character to appeal to that marketplace's $$$ (even more insulting). Also, the plot on the ship made NO sense. If Captain Phasma had just explained her thinking to Poe instead of leaving it muddy for dramatic effect, all would've turned out better for the Rebels instead of the disaster it did. Finally, I don't think the filmmakers understand how space works (crazy to ponder as it's called STAR Wars) as Leia had the perfect opportunity to have a meaningful (and well-needed after her tragic passing in real life) exit, but somehow survives being in DEAD SPACE without even a suit and swims to safety like nothing happened when science says she would've died instantly. Wow.

Finally, accuracy to the Star Wars name and vision George Lucas built over 40 years. The film feels almost like a parody and betrayal of the character of Luke and the Jedi. I have to wonder if Rian Johnson even watched the original trilogy because of how different Luke is as a person, COMPLETELY flip-flopped in every way from who he is as the biggest character in the history of Star Wars, and one of the biggest characters in the history of fiction. Like I could maybe accept that isolation can change a person a little, but not this much and his explanation and reasoning made no sense and were so poorly written it pissed me off: Luke sensed a little darkness in my student so Luke is going to kill him and all Jedi he spent an entire Trilogy begging to be part of!!!! Also, why did Yoda come back and say Jedi need to die and go along with his reasoning (which at least would've made for a more intriguing storyline if the movie had stuck with it and ended the Jedi and tried something different), but at the end of the movie, we are in the EXACT same position narratively as when we started: The Rebellion is scrambling to survive as they're being hunted down by the First Order. The only difference is *SPOILER* Luke's exit, but even that lacked the true gravity and emotion that we should 100% expect from the exit of MAIN CHARACTER OF STAR WARS.

In the end, (I still can't believe I'm saying this for one of my most hyped films of the year) I left The Last Jedi disappointed and like I got let down by an old friend. The title, marketing, trailer, and "critics" all lied to me (Rotten Tomatoes is without doubt to me on payroll by Disney to give every one of their major releases a 90%+ (every giggly Marvel movie seems to challenge Dark Knight.., TLJ rated higher than A NEW HOPE & EMPIRE), even when fans are hating it and gave it the lowest audience score in the history of Star Wars (even lower than PHANTOM MENACE!) I do not plan on seeing The Last Jedi ever again & will not watch Ep. IX if Disney has anything to do with it. They ruined Star Wars for me.

I don't know what Disney does to get all the critics write raving reviews about their movies like the last Thor or Guardians of the Galaxy (both very dissappointing), but just like this one, expectation from reviews doesn't compare to reality.

First of all: this movie is boring. There aren't any spectacular lightsaber fights, the movie is about a first order ship chasing a rebel ship, there are no fun locations (just s handful of planets) and what about all the characters being bad comedians?

I did like seeing the madness in Kylo Ren's eyes, Adam Driver is the best thing of the movie. De rest of the cast was mediocre. Finn's new girldriend Rose was the worst of all. They didn't used Luke Skywalker to it's full potential. Instead what happens to him is strange and dumb.

Man I just saw this movie and had to get it of my chest. Don't let the media lure you in a so called "master piece". It's one big dissapointment..

My suggestion if you want to enjoy the movie: go to the cinema with low or no expectation and hope for a surprise. The more i think about the move the more things i think were done bad and i have to say something about a lot of stuff i read in other reviews:

• there were amazing lightsaber fights / space battles / ground battle scenes

SPOILERs: YOU CANT SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY OTHER STAR WARS MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is a lightsaber battle for a few minutes where the main characters face 3 ninjas in red. This says a lot... What glorious space battles? The one where 1 X-WING takes out the "best" ship the Republic has to offer? Or when the Empire chases the Rebelion caravan for the whole movie and this is the main plot? The light-jump scene? The ground battle where there is a fortified base and the Republic invades with 5 robots? Have any of you seen previous movies with large battlefields, vast creatures, lightsaber duels? And those who did - how many of the things i just mentioned did you already see in previous Starwars movies? - If you know this for yourself now you know what kind of movie you are going to see...

A few good things:

• good acting by almost whole cast
• few decent moments

More bad things:

• really bad story / plot
• for me the "funny" cameos were 90% bad and out of place
• greatest waste of Villain and the way he dies...
• space scene with Lea - there is no excuse for that, how can this get in a movie?
• no backstory to any characters, no explanation of things we were hoping for
• why is even Chewbacca here? And the little pets - oh yes, we have to sell toys...

I have been waiting 2 years for best case a ... Marvel. The cinematography, the visual effects are obviously incredible, it's entertaining but the story itself is going the worst scenario you could have imagined. It's the worst episode of the saga in my opinion. A few funny moments with Luke and Kylo pre-fight with all the lasers on Luke "Force Hologram" but too many BS scenes like Leia coming back to the ship?!? Snoke dying on his throne with the laser saber WTF! without even fighting much. He looks so powerful but dies like an idiot! An uncharismatic supreme vilain with Kylo; the dialogues between Rey and Kylo until they touched their hands... shit; The ghost of Yoda with Luke... Daisy Ridley plays really well Rey; the other characters are all somehow annoying. Well, I'm so disappointed by Episode 8 therefore I am not excited by the upcoming 9. #heartbroken :D

Did we really wait two years to find out Rey's parents were a couple of drunks who sold her for drinking money? Lame.

This film ruined Rey, making her some awkward, pointless character looking in on a family dispute she has no stake in. Rey was flat and was just used to give Kylo an arc, because Johnson was in love with him. Finn was giving nothing to do, as well. All the mystery created by Abrams in TFA--gone. All the wonderful new characters introduced in TFA--disrespected.

Yes, there was emotion between Kylo, Luke, and Leia, but Luke is dead and Fisher is sadly gone. No one cares about Rey vs. Kylo, now that Rey is a nothing character.

I was hugely disappointed in this movie.

There were so many failed attempts at jokes. Literally nobody in the movie theatre laughed. Pretty much everyone in this packed IMAX theatre just stayed completely silent. And that should just tell you enough about how much this movie sucked.

It's like they never knew what tone to go for. During most scenes I just felt bored or really confused, because the scenes that were supposed to be dramatic suddenly turned into a cringy joke. Like that scene where Rey hands Luke the lightsaber and he just throws it over his shoulder. It just left me so confused, thinking; Wait, were we supposed to laugh here?

There were just so many weird and confusing moments in this movie, like when Leia survived that huge explosion and then flew like Superman through space, or how the all-powerful Snoke didn't even sense a lightsaber moving right next to him.

I also thought it was so disappointing that Luke is so much out of character in this movie and is just this grumpy old man who never leaves that goddamn island. And the other characters aren't really well written either and it all just resulted in me not really caring that much about them at all, even though I wanted to.

And the porgs were not even cute, just super annoying.

I do not recommend seeing this movie, as I now feel that Star Wars has died. R.I.P. Star Wars.

The movie totally abandons the whole logic and themes or Star Wars. Spoilers !!! The bad guys are now completely stupid unlike the genius Sidious , the bloodline is no longer connected Jedi ability and talent.

A lot of twists but all for the worst , just a HUGE disappointment.

Everyone told me Not to stroll on that beach Said Disney gonna come Poke me in the coconut And he did And he did

First of all, I didn't like The Force Awakens. It felt extremely forced and most of the time it was just a lame rip-off of the old episodes. So, I totally didn't plan to support The Last Jedi by paying for it. And then that awesome trailer happened... It was so... charming and mysterious that I thought "Whatever!". And went to premiere. Man, I was a fool...

The best thing about The Last Jedi is that, unlike previous episode, it doesn't really feel like exactly the same thing. There's no another Death Star (well, no proper one that is), there's no more "father / kid" stuff, etc. Thanks to that it feels somewhat fresh. Like it's a movie on its own, not just copy / pasted content from the old movies. It is something new to see. Something you didn't see before. I really liked that about the movie. Of course, some things are still feels old. For example. they literally turned Phasma into a new Boba Fett and it's hard not to notice that. But all in all, this movie does provide new content. And it's a good thing. Most of the things that were supposed to be pretty obvious and straightforward ended up in a totally unexpected way. Since the previous episode was extremely predictable, it was nice to see something different. The movie also comes with some nice new design and creations (porgs, for example, were really nice addition) and I loved that they still kept puppets as a part of the thing. All that is pretty good. Also, the final battle here is arguably the most beautiful one in the entire franchise. All that red and white colors... It looks incredible in 3D. The movie probably worth watching once just because of that beautiful final battle. People who designed it did fantastic job.

Unfortunately, everything else about the movie is just bad. Especially the script. It's just a mess. It doesn't even feel like a proper movie. More like a bunch of some random scenes. But what really killed the movie is two things.

1.Jokes. Yes, Star Wars always used to include some, but this... It doesn't even feel like Star Wars anymore. Believe it, or not, it's more like a MARVEL movie now. Remember Thor: Ragnarok? That's how it is here. Cheap jokes even ruined Luke. I'm not kidding. Legendary Luke Skywalker in this movie looks more like an old internet troll. Since the early scenes the movie tries to be fun and fails. I thought Thor: Ragnarok killed the Thor series just because of such lame humor, but here it's like a complete catastrophe for the entire franchise.

2.Snoke. In the previous movie he was teased like a dark and mysterious being. For two years people tried to guess who he is. The first Sith, or some sort of vampire who lives by consuming the Force. But guess what? He's nobody. Just some random guy. Not only he fails to be a proper villain. In this movie he looks like the most pathetic creature in the entire universe. He looks exactly like some random pimp from the gangster movie. You know, one of those "all talks" characters. Who dies right after everybody begins to think he's too annoying.

Snoke marks the point where everything goes down the drain for real. Just because thanks to him the whole trilogy falls apart like a house of cards. If he's such a loser, why in the world everybody's so afraid of him? How the First Order is even possible with such a "supreme" leader? Hows the whole war possible? I mean, in this movie we can see that it's not that hard to get on Snoke's ship. He isn't hiding, or something. And with Luke so strong and Snoke so stupid... why in the world Luke didn't even try to stop this war at the very beginning? To save a lot of lives. Just because he feels down? That's just stupid. I mean, yeah, Star Wars movies aren't supposed to be deep and realistic, but this is just... stupid.

Think about it. Kylo Ren is just a kid. A kid who didn't show any real power. He was beaten by a girl who took the lightsaber for the first time, he was almost killed by a Praetorian Guard, he was heavily humiliated by Luke, he didn't do anything real for two movies besides whining... But he easily kills Snoke, who's supposed to be big and important. With just a stupid pimp and a single wannabe Sith... How in the world the First Order can even be a thing?! It's just... *sigh* Snoke's death is literally the most stupid scene in the entire franchise. Probably the most stupid thing I've ever seen in any AAA movie. It's THAT bad.

Another thing I hated is that the movie doesn't even try to think about the old movies. In The Phantom Menace Jedi Council refused to teach Anakin Skywalker because he was "too old" and therefore too unstable. And even though he got there eventually, he was heavily monitored all the time. In the original trilogy, Luke was trained as "A New Hope". He was way too old, but he was trailed by Grand Master Yoda himself. In this movie we have Rey. Who didn't even know about the Force and just used the lightsaber for the first time. And everybody's OK with her being the successor of the entire Jedi Order without any training whatsoever. It's like nobody even cares anymore. The Force is strong with you? Go and do some stuff then. That's how this movie works. It's just mind-blowing how stupid it is.

And that's basically it. It looks pretty good, it's nicely designed, there are good old actors we all love... But it's so dull and stupid that it's literally impossible to enjoy it. Any fan theory about this movie on Youtube is about 9999x times more interesting and complicated than this bunch of nonsense. If it's true and Rian Johnson will also write the first episode for the new trilogy, then Force save us all... No idea why Disney just can't hire a proper writer for such an expensive franchise, but I honestly do want them to stop with such lame approach. Even though I love Disney since I was a little kid and think that there's a loot of good things about them, Star Wars is franchise that was killed exactly because of them. Stop, Disney. Just stop. Please.

Just watched it and I am very disappointed. It feels like it got almost everything wrong. Everytime you expect something awesome to happen, you are disappointed. I mean, for christ sakes, there were 0 lightsaber duels. Even at the end it builds up to an epic duel and then lets you down.

If you, like me, have been excited for months, this is very disappointed. All the questions, theories and expectations are dealt with in very unsatisfying ways.

Visually stunning, but that is really the only positive point I can think of.

Ninth installation of this space-opera serie was a devastating letdown. The movie does not "drag a little in the middle" as many critics claimed, it just drags; in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. Plot of this movie is splintered into way too many little paths each hosting its own stars. This movie is just filled with characters that are by no means important or relevant to the story, they just are there. I don't think Star Wars should be dead serious. But in all honesty, the amount of jokes in this movie just killed all the atmosphere what remained of the Galaxy far far away. It seems that easter eggs, puns and lazy action were more important than plot or continuity.

Force Awakens was fine, a bit different, but this was just... too much.

The PLOT OH MY GOD THE PLOT! Leia and her Mary Poppins/Superman scene WTF The Comedy fell flat at every opportunity. The Bombers dropping bombs in space with zero gravity. The PLOT Snoke's death Snoke's lack of story The PLOT Where is the knights of Ren? Everything with Luke in it. Luke milking a sea lion thing then grinning at Rey like some creepy freak WTF Luke throwing the saber over his shoulder. The PLOT Luke going to kill Ben Solo because he sensed dark side in him?? Luke being the dude who wanted to save Darth freakin Vader but fook it kill his nephew! No wonder Mark Hamill was pissed. Rey is the jesus christ of the jedi world. She has instant super doper powers with zero training. Rey's parents are nobodies even though in TFA it was made out they were someone important. The PLOT The awful side story of Rose and Finn that was worthless. They end up in a jail cell conveniently with a hacker who's waiting to break out WTF Rose falls in love with Finn in a few hours?? Snoke's throne room has nothing in it apart from a giant magnifying glass WTF The mutha fookin PLOT! And last but not least the ending Luke's death OMG that was horrible writing.

It all could have been forgiven if at the very end Luke came out with his green saber and kicked all the Walkers ass's but nooooooo he wasn't really there GTFO here Rian you dick!

The movie title is totally misleading. when you say "the last jedi" it makes people think either you start with 1 jedi or end up with 1 jedi. uh... that was not the case. there were 3 jedis to begin with and by the end 2 for sure - but possibly 3. so i don't get the title at all. and since there are still jedis, they'd probably make a start wars 9: more jedis. apart from that, the acting was quite blah... there was a big attempt to inject funny moments, some were somewhat successful but over half were meh - not just for me, the 7 other people i went to watch it with didn't laugh either. we got free movie premier tickets, that's why we went. i wouldn't pay for that movie, i'd feel really ripped off if i had.

From the start I loved the original trilogy, 'New Hope, Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi". only Rogue One which I thought was good cemented the new and old together.

The Last Jedi, how can I say it was absolute rubbish, I was fooled and so were you!

No matter how many millions in the Box Office it took, they were all fooled too by the clever trailers and the adverts to push the movie! We all had to see it to know the exact truth of the story! you don't know unless you see for yourself. Some newspapers and critics must be paid by the company to give it good reviews to push the film!

The film does not make sense, it like watching paint dry! Snokes giant star destroyer is chasing the fleet at what looks like crawl speed and they have to find or break the location signal on the star destroyer to allow them to escape. why not find the transmitter that allows them to track the rebel ship! or find a way to block the signal

lots of explosions no substance in the movie!

I think that the general consensus of the reviews, is that the moderate fan and mainstream audience is pleased (hence the rating), but the actual Star Wars fan is very uninspired and unsatisfied with the film.

My main problem is that it does not feel like a Star Wars. It is so clear that this had a new writer/directer from the previous 8 films. The style of it is comedy orientated, the porgs are a clear attempt to engage a younger audience and I think resemble minions from Despicable Me. The main plot and sub-plots are very poorly written and for the most part undeveloped. I agree that there are some genuinely decent moments, but overall the film was of a very low quality.

I do have to commend some of it, the comedy although too frequent was actually funny. I liked the Yoda part and I'm glad that they chose his original series appearance. As I've said, the acting in it was of high quality and I did like the Kylo-Rey plot. I thought that they used Chewie/3PO/R2 in the correct amount. The fighting scene where Kylo and Rey work together is fairly awesome and I like what they did with Skywalker at the end.

However, the overall plot felt very unimaginative and actually it was up to the sub-plots to actually achieve anything in the film. Essentially, the whole film is a slow and boring chase at snail's pace from the First Order. Also, if you question the plots they all just seem stupid and poorly thought out. Ask yourself: Why would the First Order not just speed up with their plentiful fuel reserve to catch up with the slowing Resistance ship? If Hux is the crazy merciless leader that the writer's make him out to be (maybe a Tarkin 2.0) then why would he not do that ^? If the plan is to ship people off to Crait, why did VA Holdo not just tell Poe that this was the plan? This surely would mean that Finn's whole story in this could be cut which also was a shit sub-plot as well. Just what was the whole master-lock thief guy plot - just shit and undeveloped? Why is Rose Tico ; a random engineer (pipe cleaner) suddenly part of the Resistance fighting squadron on Clait? Why not make Leia be the one to sacrifice herself which would fit in with Fisher's unfortunate death which would be a testament to Fisher herself and Leia as a character? Instead they use an annoying and random character (Holdo) to do it, taking away the value of her sacrifice for the audience. What is the point in Phasma, other than to sell toys and games? She is just undeveloped and has about 5 minutes on the film and is killed so easily. These are just basic plot flaws which represent how bad this film is

A closer look at some of the other plots, crucial to the trilogy also were not well written.

Daisy Ridley did very well and I really like her, but in this episode, the question of her parents was bigged up incredibly and given so much hype when in the end it just turned out that they were no-one. This could be because that adds to Rey's originality, but, if they really are no-one, how is she so in touch with the force? They could have helped themselves by Luke training Rey a lot which would answer how good she is. The fact that Kylo Ren who is very powerful is unable to out-force grab the lightsaber from Rey shows the questionable plot and credibility of the film. It is also just a complete copy of ep 6. In Return of the Jedi, Luke goes to the Death Star as a prisoner in order to try and turn Vader because he thought there was good in him. In the Last Jedi, Rey goes to Snoke's ship as a prisoner in order to try and turn Kylo because she thought there was good in him. Similar?

I really do not like what they did with Snoke. The problem with having separate writers for sequential films is that they have fundamentally different ideas about how characters should be portrayed ; Snoke in Ep 7 and Ep 8 are two very differently presented characters so it feels like they are contradicting themselves. He is this weird guy in a golden dressing gown who is clearly very strong with force and says that he knows Ren's thoughts and yet is killed by him so easily. So much conjecture was thrown around in the run up to the film about who Snoke is and his story and this film is frankly lazy in its writing and gives no light about him at all because they couldn't come up with anything good enough so instead they just shed no light on it. The Force Awakes did well in making him a mysterious character that we do not know much about and people really bought into that. But this film undid all of that and instead killed him half way through the film and therefore trilogy. In effect, his role is just to interest people in the Force Awakens and in this to bring Kylo and Rey together. On the other hand, it is a good fight scene with Rey and Kylo and if nothing else it was a shock when Snoke was killed. Snoke just seems lazily undeveloped and his death leaves so many questions unanswered.

To make up for the low quality plot, they bombed it with cheap comedy that is aimed at 4 year olds. From the start, with Poe saying he'll 'hold for Hux' it was funny, but that just does not have a place in Star Wars and that set the tone for the rest of the movie. The serious moments are undermined with unoriginal and mainstream audience aimed comedy. I'm not saying that Star Wars should be without any comedy, but if you look at Rogue-One, which I thought was superb, they had maybe 6/7 moments of comedy, predominately from K2-SO and that was sufficient. This stuck to the Star Wars feel that comedy comes from the droids as they aren't serious characters and this is how it should be. Instead we find that in the Kylo-Luke bowt, Luke is providing comedy by wiping his shoulder. Again, this was funny, but can you imagine there being cheap jokes during a Vader-Luke fight? I could go on about the comedy as there are many examples but the problem is that it is so frequent that it undermines the underlying theme of struggle against oppression from the dark side of the force. As well as that, there are moments of cringey writing especially on Crait with Rose's dying/not dying speech to Finn. The actual script itself is quite poor with a dull repeating theme of 'the spark that lights the hope'. The word hope was dropped into the majority of lines and felt forced and cringey. VA Holdo's 90s style 'fly boy' theme is terrible and pretty much straight from Top Gun. This lack of quality in the script is the main reason why the Star Wars feel is non-existent in this.

This film left me so unsatisfied and it only takes 2 minutes to see that the actual Star Wars fans are left unhappy with it. I had predicted that the quality of Star Wars films would worsen maybe after this trilogy in 10 years or so but instead that time has come now I think that this is a very disappointing film. I wanted to be amazed by this but I just wasn't. As you may be able to tell, I do not write film reviews often if at all, but I felt compelled to by the lack of quality and to vent my anger at Disney for butchering this and sending Star Wars into the mass-market pleasing, staring CGI. I'm not just stuck in the 70s original style of films but you cannot claim the umbrella and therefore fanbase of Star Wars when you just change it like that and provide a film of such low quality. There's no consistency, no development and no imagination in this and for that reason it's a really shite film, with only a few spouts of light to recover it.

I had high hopes for this one. TFA I enjoyed and Rogue One wasn't bad either, so this one should have been fantastic. Instead, we got a lazy, incompetent mess. Basically, every interesting bit in The Force Awakens, which was otherwise a rehash of Episode 4, was scrapped or messed up. Rey's parents, the Knights of Ren, Kylo's obsession with Vader, Snoke's origin, Phasma basically worthless and it's all either unanswered or resolved in a completely underwhelming fashion.

The plot is 100% filler. The not-Empire has destroyed the Republic (again) before TLJ even starts and nothing really changes afterward. No to mentions that the plot inherently sucks to begin with for this movie. These massive star destroyers can't hold them in a tractor beam? Something done in a New Hope? Seems like an easy tactical solution. Nope.

The characters are just bad. Luke has been completely gutted and turned into a passive, cowardly sociopath. Rey continues to be a Mary Sue, but it's dialed up to eleven this time. The Force ghost of a beloved character (Yoda) shows up to basically tell Luke Rey doesn't need him and he can't teach her anything. I wish I was making this up. It's honestly ridiculous. Coincidentally, Yoda is also turned into a cackling lunatic. Finn and the new character Rose have a pointless romance and a filler plotline. Only Kylo Ren has some serious decent character development as his fall to the Dark side is explored but then undone in the final scene with Luke as he turns into a comic book villain with no tactics or thoughtful villainy, if that's a word. It's like a poorly executed rehash of the Obi and Anakin dual without the backstory. Not to mention that he basically needed help in every battle sequence which again takes away any of the good stuff accomplished character arc wise. He managed to off Snoke it a comical way, but then gets put into what amounts to a headlock by a royal guard? Seriously? Rey has to save his weak ass? He could stop a laser bolt but couldn't be bothered to do anything remotely badass in this sequence? They left that to Mary Sue but still want the audience to feel like he's somehow a threat.

Another thing that struck me was the humor in this episode. It's off the charts and completely out of place. Every other line is a quip, and even serious characters like the old, depressed Luke act like they're in a Marvel movie. It's extremely jarring.

Anyone notice that every strong character in this movie was a female? Agenda's anyone? The sacrificial pilot right at the beginning, the purple haired lady that couldn't be bothered to explain a plan because the man (poe) was just too stubborn and hotheaded; read testosterone filled to be reasoned with apparently. Did I mention Mary Sue Rey?

How about Super Leia? Seems to me Kathleen Kennedy is making darn sure females are given all the heroic opportunities and the OT males get castrated. I could overlook this overt pc crap had the story honored and expanded on the lore instead of taking a big giant heaping pile of crap on it. The story is basically reset. Nothing in the past matters, and the future is open to any interpretation Disney deems marketable. RIP Starwars 12-14-2017, you had a long run.

Overall, this is the worst Star Wars movie. I have little hope the last one will salvage any of it as they have wrecked it all with this entry and undone even the works of the novels, TCW and Rebels.

The movie basically wants to ruin everything that is Star Wars.

It's actually quite explicit about it through Kylo Rens sentiments of wanting to destroy everything from the past.

The sad thing is that it succeeds:

> It doesn't feel like a Star Wars movie.

> Everything from The Force Awakens is left unanswered and ridiculed.

> Lukes character is unrecognizable and depicted as pathetic and sad.

> Snoke is killed off in some weird gimmick.

> All apparent laws of the universe is broken...

• lightspeed... ruined...

(Why don't they just all kamikaze all the time... One little starfighter could take down the entire empire fleet if they were in a straight line?)

• force powers... ruined...

(Leia can fly? Snoke can read minds and shoot lightnings, but not stop his own pathetic death? Luke can create holograms? Daisy Ridley can do everything with no training?)

• space battle... ruined...

(I mean why can't the empire shoot the ship from the other side? How stupid is this?!!)

• force wisdom... ruined...

(The movie offers no satisfactory insight into what the force is, how it works og origins of the jedi - even though the movie teases with books and Yoda)

> The plot makes no sense and is utterly disengaging.

> The humor is a dreadful attempt to be smart, but ends up wrecking the characters integrity (The blue milk scene with Luke is just a disturbing twist on the 'Got Milk' campaign).

> The constant introduction of new characters is annoying.

> The twists for the twists sake are just a big F**K finger to the fans.

> The unlimited number of untied ends this mess created are unbearable.

I think that was what I wanted to say. I created an IMDB profile to do it. I will never see a Rian Johnson movie again. I will remember him as the guy who wanted to wreck Star Wars and was allowed to by a army of Disney executives. It makes me wonder what these people are employed to do? Why did nobody stop him? How the hell can this "you-must-be-incredibly-brain-damaged-to find-it-satisfactory-on-any-level" story go into production? Sigh... New hope? Nope. More like No hope.

This movie has no cohesion with the force awakens at all. Countless plot points that were built up in the episode 7 only to be swept away in the last Jedi. Snoke backstory? Nope. Rey's parents? Who cares. Luke as a powerful Jedi? He gone. Mystery of Ahch-To and ancient Jedi teachings? Dusty books in an old tree.

This movie spent most of it's time destroying what was established in episode 7 and didn't spend any time on developing future plot development. Where do they go from here? There's nothing to get excited about for episode 9....... I feel devoid and empty after seeing this movie. Utter disappointment.

You can hate on George Lucas all you want for the prequels but at least they had an overarching cohesive narrative that linked all the movies together.

Uninteresting development of the plot, again, a bad copy-cat attempt of the first trilogy ( rebels are found, they need to escape, the hero undergoes training etc.. ) The screenplay is the worst one yet, it could have been literally any other bad blockbuster movie full of of special effects. Half of the scenes make no sense ( Rose kisses Fin in the middle of the base being blown up???? ) , add no value to the story ( What was the point of that 5minutes long mutiny?!?! ) and have child-like superficial humour. Characters are badly developed too, they turned Luke into an idiot who's lost and confused, Leia ( RIP Carrie ) does nothing to the storyline, Kylo is still the same traumatised kid and what's the point with Banderas!??! You can read George Lucas's comments when Disney took over, even Mark Hamill said he wished they followed George's ideas. No need to analyse though, you can clearly tell Disney shifted focus audience to new generations as this is a movie for kids. For the rest of us, the whole movie almost felt like a parody of STAR WARS.

Firstly I hated the force awakens. I thought it was a shoddy rewrite of return of the Jedi which was badly scripted and fanboy esque.

The last Jedi was marginally better as a film i.e. it at least had some kind of original story and not a total rip off but aside from that it was pretty terrible.

Firstly the film is long, very very long - There were 30 minute scenes in it that added nothing to the film and could easily have been cut (the scene with Rae and Luke for example)

Secondly it is full of plot holes one that springs to mind is when Ren kills Snoke, Snoke clearly throughout the film is portrayed as having the power to read minds, yet he is not able to read Rens mind trying to use the light saber next to him (guess that harry potter occlumency class was really good!)

The fight scenes were average at best, very loud, lots of explosions, but overall achieved nothing.

My favorite out the bunch has been Rogue one which I thought was brilliant.

This was a weak attempt again, with crappy characters, crappy plot and overly excessive CGI.

disappointing!

I am a big Star Wars fan and I really appreciate the revival of the Star Wars saga. And with The Force Awakens and Rogue One, it seemed the Star Wars Universe was back shining like never before. But after seeing The Last Jedi I am afraid that same Universe lost a bit of it's magic. The Last Jedi is full of bad jokes, unexplained phenomenas (like how does Lea, get blown out of a ship and then get's back in, like some sort of Superwoman). Together with some bad story choices: like light speed tracking? Snoke playing "Jedi mind tricks" on Rey and Kylo so they are connecting with each other? It feels like this movie missed the point in what makes SW so special. Was it all that bad? No, the ending scene on Crait was interesting, and that is where you will see a little bit of the "old" Luke Skywalker back, but that real "Star Wars" moment was sadly short lived. Off course as a fan you have to watch this movie too, but don't set your expectations to high.

I always prefer reading the reviews, but this is the first time I'm taking my time to write a review. Honestly I'm the only Star wars fan among all my friends and I've been waiting for 2 years for this movie.

SPOLER ALERT!!

Lets get to the point, it was kinda.... NO! Really awful!! The script is soo poorly written. Atleast there was one pretty light saber fight in every star wars movie The franchise is famous for its one and only LIGHT SABER fights and sadly there was no action with light saber except some childs play. After force awakens, I bet everyone wondered who supreme leader Snooke might be? sadly we will never know about it hereafter since he was cut in half just like a birthday cake. and who invented the idea of the slowest chase in any galaxy unti the fuel empties? The first order must had many hi tech weapons but we just a canon shooting slowly throughout the movie. And Leia flying in space while surviving the blast? COME ON!! thats ridiculous. All the hype for Luke in force awakens is just to see a teaching session and hologram stand off? The bad ass looking Knights of snooke were pathetic.

Rey disappearing just like that from her confrontation with Ren who was equally matched and suddenly shows up with the falcon! Finally Luke's gone... Leia's gone.... Han solo's gone.... The only remaining lineage of skywalker is a weak short tempered Kylo Ren. The only person who disappointed me is myself due to my very high expectation.

Terribly disappointed. Its not a Star wars movie. The 4 rating is just for the actors who performed excellent.

It's the poor script that killed Star wars.

After The Phantom Menace my expectations went down significantly for all things Star Wars - so whenever anything good happened in the 2 and 3 I was pleasantly surprised. Now the opposite happened - after quite a good TFA and a pretty spot on Rogue One, I had high hopes. This movie was like watching TESB and a prequel mixed and played at double speed. It was super slow and boring in places yet the next moment it would jump in the plot - one minute escaping in transports then suddenly all set up in Crait waiting for the Hoth-like attack.

And can anyone explain to me why at the end they're all on the Millennium Falcon happily chatting as if they're at a cocktail party when the Resistance and all their friends have died - I mean the resistance now basically fits on the Millennium Falcon !!!??? They act like they won....

And lightspeed jumping can destroy a huge starship? Why not make missiles light jump then and destroy all starships with shields?

And the lock breaker - so when exactly was his betrayal planned - why would anyone go to such trouble to catch Finn? Was it planned in advance (how did they know?) - did he turn and betray them later? Why and how? What was the gain from the Imperial side - simply to catch Finn? They're blowing Rebel transports up like there's no tomorrow - why the effort to catch Finn?

The big fight scene with the red Snoke bodyguards - I felt like I was watching a modern interpretative dance scene on a stage.

Wow - this movie had me shaking my head sooooo often. Where was the heart - the emotional connection - the only time I felt anything was in the reunion scenes - Luke meeting R2 - Luke meeting Chewie - Luke meeting Leia And those emotional highs were paid for by the good writing in previous films and cashed in by a sub-par movie with sub-par writing. Shame..!!!!

Star Wars is supposed to be an alternate reality where the possibilities are endless. Yet, The Last Jedi fails to explore anything subtly new other than forced comedy and superficial and momentary gray zones in-between the good and the bad. There is this really destructive, scattered story-telling that kills the overall vibe and the remedy is seen to be an overkill of desperate moves to exploit nostalgic bonds to the original trilogy.

First of all, people are really invested in this franchise emotionally including myself. So you naturally have high expectations and you are inclined to like it to a point of justifying major "wtf" moments. I could not do so in this movie.

Expanded universe concepts have been somewhat complementary to the lore of the saga throughout the years. There is a genuine feeling that a big picture of the history of this galaxy exists; the old republic, the jedi order, the Sith and of course the force.. This saga is just an important historical story in this big picture. So if its really a -commercial must- to continue this specific storyline (and its perfectly ok) it is very important for any new addition to build up on the key points of this mysterious galaxy, far, far away. The force, the jedi order and the Sith.. Of course there are much more than just the three and the talent and genius kicks in at this point, when you have to deliver a 3 dimensional story with culture, emotion, depth and keeping faithful to a solid overall context which immerses the audience in this alternate reality. If you fail to do so in this slippery ground, The Last Jedi is what you get.

Well, I believe episode 7 was way better than 8. Sure, the repetitive script, superficially sweeping over some of the major concepts was its weaknesses. But, you felt this start would somehow pay off later and as a fan you just feel grateful to see this galaxy one more time on the big-screen. I liked the characters, the build up and the whole cinematographic experience which resembled the original trilogy so much better than the new trilogy (1999 to 2005). The light comedic touches were ok. Overall, the commercial cliches and psychological exploitation of the original trilogy's script was somewhat acceptable, for a new story excited us in the shadows.

Why The Last Jedi is a disappointment?

1. The before-mentioned important concepts of Star Wars fabric are downscaled and became one-liner summaries of what should have been the depiction of a deep philosophy. Remember Luke's training in Dagobah. Well it is a good start for Rian to build up on. However somehow 40 years later you mess up the chance to raise the flag in portraying proper Jedi teachings and training..

Luke not having read the Jedi scripts in his chosen exile is very strange but you think, maybe he just wants to be a cave hermit after the traumatic events that occurred. But why go to the first jedi temple if you want to isolate yourself from the force and its teachings. It makes no sense. It's like going to Koribban to find the light-side. (Geeked out there one second) Is it that hard to find an uninhabited planet in the whole galaxy?

I like Rey. I really do. But you cannot get good at something even if you're naturally super talented if you don't know the first thing about it. A stick thrusting self-trained survivalist girl from Jakku could not simply now the "Kata's" of the Lightsaber. I think, when they first watched Episode 7, the fans said "Well, ok..She's intrinsically and naturally super gifted and will now learn about the ways of the Jedi, the force (Bushido if you want to call it that) in the next movie" . This is the kind of fan-justification I was talking about before..But it's just not possible anymore to justify, she, besting first order's elite guards or challenge Kylo for the mid-air lightsaber. If you're a super committed fan you can justify it maybe. But the real problem here is not Rey being super good out of nowhere, but the saga not building up on its holding pillars. The Force!

2. The film is very myopic. There is this entire galaxy in their disposal for them to drag us in-and-out of adventure, from planet to planet with the possibility of very different and culturally intriguing characters, but rather than that the entire film is a big chase scene between two spaceships. I know, I know.. I've underrated The First Order's armada and flagship but if you mock the Antagonist side of the story from the very beginning to "Marvel-ize" the franchise and if you never take the time to explain who the hell is first order, how did it emerged, who is Snoke, how did he get hold of Ben Solo etc. one simply cannot build interest on them can he?

3. The continuum of the story is disrupted by very, very shallow sub-script. The Resistance has no soul, no reason and just makes no sense. If you could make whole another movie concentrating on the scenes between the first order and the resistance taken from this one, it would be a low budget, B-grade TV movie with a Star Trek vibe to it. (I don't like Star Trek too much :( )

The mutiny, the plan of Laura Dern (Holdo) which does not make you think to yourself "a-ha!" and sympathize with her and Leia's irrational secretive motives have no basis and being put there just to heat things up and build up a pseudo-climax. Very bad move.

The introduction of a side-kick for Finn (Rose) feels very unnecessary. Rather than that I would prefer to see Finn and Poe further bond over in an endeavor to save the resistance fleet, for they have a screen chemistry I think that people like (could like). But they chose to mess with Poe individually by portraying him coming to his senses and being wiser in just a couple of hours from being mutineer, breaker of chain-of command action guy and rogue cannon to a compliant, what's best for everyone, I suddenly love Holdo guy. I was afraid he would make a speech addressing the kids watching and educating them in the importance of being a team player..

And the love-friendship interests between Rose and Finn seems just to portray a message rather than to include audience emotions and to improve the subscript.

The casino scene have some deep messages like corporate-slavery, animal cruelty, child labor, social inequality, war machine profits etc. and its ok. However it is not the time to deliver these messages, well you can try but I personally did not feel touched because they have only 6 HOURS to accomplish their plan and you could miss your plane in some instances when in that kind of a time-constraint (a bit of a forced statement I know) but they will find a certain guy, persuade him, break-in to the flagship of the first order and save the day makes it a bit off.

The whole scene is also very Monte Carlo, they should have tried to come up with a rich city of gambling and its culture without making it so earthy and familiar.

The most acceptable thing in this whole crude mess of a subscript is maybe the "meh" performance of Benicio Del Toro, I liked his very shifty character just when you thought he is a classical "scoundrel gone good" when he returns Rose's necklace of emotional value, he sells them out in an instance watching for his own interests with a "I don't give a shit" pose.

4. Comedic overkill. Star Wars should have a dark, dramatic feel. Trying to win the audience with some laughs is ok. Making jokes of everything even in very inconvenient scenes zones you out immediately. I think Episode 3 is the best regarding this aspect. I love the corruption of the dark side and the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker. A perfect loop, circle. Trying to prevent the very thing by becoming the very reason for it in the first place.

5. Disney. I thought nothing bad of them at first. Judgmental people talking bad since the first day and it was premature to judge before something was delivered. But I was mistaken. For all I know, this movie lacks the high presence of Jar Jar Binks. It is that much Disney. It is majorly a heartwarming family movie with some lightsaber holes to the face and cut-the-torso from the waist touches. Well..it is complicated.

6. Again, how did the first order came to be? Is it related to Operation Cinder? Project Resurrection? Episode 7 built up a Supreme Leader Snoke image and 8 has shown us he is really powerful, and then he is dead. It's ok, I like this kind of no big deal moves but who the hell was he?? Did he know Sidious? Well at least they have something common to talk about with Darth Maul now..

The pro-s of the film;

1. I liked Adam Driver's performance. 'Roid rage moments and sane gray-moments. He portrayed them well. 2. Daisy Ridley. If you read this Daisy, you should stand up for Rey, and her right the get a proper education. They're killing your potential as an actress by leaving your character force-illiterate and shallow. 3. A good visual experience (as expected). Especially the Kylo-Rey against Elite Guards scene and the Splitting the flagship in half with hyperspace scene. 4. Rey's parents being nothing of importance and the cave scene. 5. Rey & Kylo force connection scenes. The portrayal of different perspectives of Kylo and Luke about the events in between them. These were the best spectacles in the movie for me. They are delivered well. Well done

Both innovation and traditional are good but too much traditional, people complain about how repetitive things are. Too much innovative additions, people start to feel alienated and get psychologically distant to the source material and also complain. It is all about the "Balance". It is very hard to please the fans in these aspects. Rian tries to create a sense of balance but, the traditional becomes emotion-free replica scenes of the past, and innovation becomes out-of context and off. This is where this movie fails, I think. One cannot help but feel there is simply not good enough of a story there is to tell..

This movie is a complete failure. Not just as a Star Wars bu as a movie it fails. I will just list what i thought while watching the movie to describe my reasons for giving this movie a bad mark.

1. Right in the beginnig first order strikes with an entire fleet but somehow uses single dreadnought class ship while multiple star-destroyers simply watch right behind it while it gets destroyed for some unknown reason.

2. The women in the bomber which destroyed dreadnought ship, how did she even catch that detonator ?

3. During the chase of the rebel fleet how come first order cannot send a few ships (or just one star destroyer) at light speed to cut off rebels right in front of them? I mean the chase goes on like for so long Finn goes to another planet. If there is a reason explain if not then you are taking us for fools. THIS MAKES ENTIRE MOVIE RIDICULOUS!!!

4. If entire fleets could be destroyed with the light-speed kamikaze of cruiser class battle ships why build giant star destroyers ? And if i remember right in Star Wars universe uses Hyperspace travel not just lightspeed.

5. Luke Skywalker, who did not even kill Darth Vader when he could do it by defiying every kind temptation decides to kill Ben Solo in his sleep. When did he as a jedi master became so corrupt to have such thoughts.

6. Leia just flew in space...Yes by using force in zero gravity you can push yourself to opposite direction but to fly like that while also using force to keep yourself alive one needs such a degree of mastery in the force ...I wont say anymore.

7. I watched some random adventure of Finn and a random drama girl with space horses for like how long god knows. And they do not just fail they also get most of the fleet get killed because their code breaker betrays them.

8. Next time Yoda should direct that lighting to Kylo Ren...

9. Battering ram started firing and the reinforced gate started to melt but somehow Finn's junk ship did not melt right in the middle of that beam. Goodjob.

I've never written a review. This is my first review for any movie and I wanted to write this just because I fully believe that this movie should be buried and never shown again. If you are on the fence on whether to see this piece of garbage, save your money. You are better off watching the live action dragonball z movie - which was honestly a better movie. No joke, that's how bad this is. This movie takes you on the most mediocre ride of your life. They have moments where you think that it will get better and then they choose the exact opposite option of what should happen. Burn it to the ground.

Spoilers:

Remember in episode 3, when palpatine subtly manipulated anakin into betraying the jedi order and it culminated into a sweet battle between yoda and palpatine? Remember how palpatine won that fight and became the sith lord/ emperor for the next 30 years? Remember how cool it was to see a real bad guy, who mastered the art of manipulation?

Yeah. That is non existent in this movie. Snoke is the sith lord, and he gets cut in half, there is no epic battle, there is no subtle manipulation. Snoke cant even be considered a sith lord because he was the most weak and pathetic thing that ever existed. And Cry-lo Ren cant stop weeping uncontrollably. Hes still a whiny emo kid. They didn't even kill Carrie Fischer off in a decent way. I have so many things I want to say about this movie but I'm too disgusted with the trash I watched to even start.

20 Euro thrown out the window...wish i had burned them...would be such a better investment with the heat generated.

First of all ignore those ignorant, greedy, positive "Critics reviews" because they got paid by Disney or just have no clue what they are talking about and on top of all that they are getting paid for it...what a sad world.

This confirms that anyone on this planet can be a Director, Writer, Screenplay writer, Actor etc.(basically the most paid jobs in the industry). The jobs where you get paid the most for literally doing nothing without any brain needed and getting millions just for a couple of months creating garbage like brainless "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"...damn injustice...

I can't think of where to begin because there was not a single thing done right or good in this movie and I'm a HUGE fan of Star Wars or after seeing this movie was a fan of Star Wars.

Plot: Coming back to life after being thrown out of Space?? Is that a joke Mr. Johnson?

Chasing the rebels and waiting for them to: GET READY: Run out of Fuel! Holly Mother of God. Send in the fighters?? Jump a little to get closer?? Finn going to get a guy (the only guy in the galaxy who can get them in) who was waiting for them in a cell, because you know they are going to get captured and he knew that so he waited for them to break free...

The dead of Snoke...wow of course he didn't see what Ren was planning...sure..sure the villain that was introduced so strong and mysterious get's killed of like this.

Most of the humor is just forced crap and way to much of it.

The ending scene with that unknown kid mopping the floor and what getting inspired by the crap the rebels did? Wait what did they do is there anything good in this movie?

There is so much more but i can't think or write anymore because I'm so frustrated and emotional right now...

UNBELIEVABLE It's a 8/10 on imdb at the moment...Start giving 1 star...what are you waiting for...nobody is coming to safe it.

Can't wait to obtain the future films without spending 1 cent on them.